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In times of knead:Radius Pizza owners balance business with compassion I Arts&Entertainment I newsoforange.com could set up an online ordering portal." Reopening for curbside and take-out became a family effort with the Carrolls' twin sons pitching in to help the business. The two had in the past helped out at Radius, but with most of the staff staying offsite, Wyatt and Ronan helped roll dough and fold pizza boxes while their dad prepped food and did dishes. "We were burning the candle at both ends. We slowly added people to come in to work, but only those who were comfortable doing so," Kate said. "I think also that with the time that elapsed between when we started taking call-in orders and when we closed had given folks in the community a chance to get used to the new way of doing business. Like giving credit card info over the phone and having people walk food out to your car. It's like we've created a whole new business. We have a known product. We have a customer base. But almost everything else is different." Kate Carroll was raised in Durham. After graduating from East Carolina University, she moved to San Franscisco. There she met and married Mick. Months after the births of their twin boys, the Carrolls moved back to North Carolina. "We needed grandparents. Badly," she said. "We just realized that life would be a lot easier if we were closer. Plus, it's just better to raise kids in North Carolina rather than San Franscisco. We were on the 7th floor of a high-rise condo. Fitting the double-stroller into the elevator wasn't easy. The cost of living is certainly far less. It just felt like we were ready for a change." The couple eventually decided to craft a plan for a restaurant, building off Mick's restaurant experience and Kate's business knowledge. "We opened on March 26, 2013," Kate said. "We opened with the idea of having a brick oven pizzeria with a natural fermentation process for dough. That means we don't use a dry yeast. We make http://www.newsoforange.com/arts_and_entertainment/article_6259ldb2-a59c-1 lea-94ec-933560024926.html[6/16/2020 8:49:03 PM]