 Also in your news today, the former site of the Boys and Girls Club in Wilmington's Hedgefield neighborhood is now the site of new luxury townhomes. And it took a Wilmington native's persistence to make this happen. WDEL's Mark Fouser reports. Definitely has been a journey. It's been a learning experience. Donald Thompson III took part in programs at the Boys and Girls Club on Jackson Street as a young person. He says he always had an interest in real estate. His life could have gone either way. Thompson spent time in prison for armed robbery and a weapons crime.