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Winston-Salem business woman has repurposed her spa, enters hemp industry amid COVID-19 Despite the chance to reopen Ma’ati Spa in downtown Winston-Salem as North Carolina shifts into Phase Two of reopening, owner Maya Gilliam is already pivoting to a new business model because of the impacts she has experienced from COVID-19. She has run her spa business since opening in 2011 at 707 N. Main St. Gilliam has estimated her Ma’ati Spa sales will be down at least 40 percent from this time last year if she doesn’t change her business model. “People have really cut back on any unnecessary...