North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein would come to the Eastgate Crossing while growing up in Chapel Hill. As he walked around the shopping center on Friday, he pointed out which business spaces used to be which businesses. “This used to be Sal’s Pizza,” Stein said to gathered media, gesturing at the Kipos Green Tavern building. “And over there was Mariakakis Pizza.” But for this visit, dumpsters and restoration trucks lined the parking lots, contractors ripped out the insides of shops and the smell of waterlogged building materials lingered. Stein toured some of the businesses between East Franklin Street and Fordham Boulevard to see the extent of damage left by Tropical Depression Chantal’s historic rain and flooding on the night of July 6. “I knew this place exceptionally well,” the governor said, “and it hurts my heart for these business owners who invested their blood, their sweat, their tears, their capital into building successful small businesses just to have it washed away in a si...