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24 | January/February 2015 Sunfi sh Market: Will Randall is the owner of Sunfi sh Market located at 404 Sante Fe Drive, Suite 100 in Fayetteville. Will was a sushi chef for seven years until he decided he wanted to open up his own market. He fell in love with cooking unu- sual types of fi sh as a sushi chef and wanted to continue on and eventually open up his own fi sh market. He saved up some money and opened up SunFish Market on July 1, 2011. Business has been booming ever since. Will said what makes his market stand out from the others is that he has a variety of exotic fi sh that other markets don't usually carry. He receives his fi sh from not only North Carolina, but Florida and Hawaii as well. Ramsey Street Seafood Market: Janet Lee is the owner of Ramsey Street Seafood Market located at 2720 Ramsey Street in Fayetteville. She has owned this market for nearly 26 years. Her husband and brother-in-law opened up a fi sh market in St. Pauls several years ago, but since they now all live in Fayetteville, they wanted their mar- ket to be more local to their home. Janet said her business is unique because it is one of the longest-run fi sh markets in Fayetteville. She has loyal customers that travel from St. Pauls (where the previous market was) to Fayetteville just to shop at her market. e fi sh at this market also come from Hamp- stead, North Carolina. C hang's Seafood Market: James and Sun ompson are the owners of Chang's Seafood Market located at 110 Johnson Street in Fayetteville. ey have had the market for 31 years this coming February. When asked what motivated them to open up a fi sh market, Sun replied "I'm from an island in South Korea, so I was always surrounded by water. Fish is all I know." When Sun came to the states, she said it was really hard to learn the English language, even harder with six children in the house. To learn the English language and any other skill Sun desired was too diffi cult with her situation, so she stuck to what she knew: fi sh. Sun said what makes their market unique is that all of the fi sh in the store come from the wild and not ordered in, which makes them all natural and healthier for the body. All of the fi sh come from Hampstead, North Carolina. Sun Thompson

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