“In communities all over the country, commercial corridors are lined with small mom-and-pop establishments that provide communities with food and services but also hire locally and act as ambassadors for culture. Long-time small business owners are often the unofficial historians of a community, helping
to make a neighborhood truly a neighborhood. Despite the American romance with such entrepreneurism, however, many small business owners in communities like ours are simply trying to make ends meet.”

by Rudy Espinoza