“We knew there was a need for these kids. We kind of fell in love with the idea. So, we contacted the franchise"

“When you start a business, every waking moment is poured into that business"

“We’re most worried about these guys. These people are surviving, but if this stretches out months…”

"They're not going down with the shop. I asked them to not pay. 'Worry about your families, I said, and we will worry about us'. If we go do

"Customers will come buy hundreds of dollars’ worth of gift cards and then toss them.”

“In the hydro grow store trade, women were kind of frowned upon. We were the first woman-owned and operated store in the country.”

"I am so thankful, because potentially, it’s hard to say, it could have potentially put me under"

“People have already given me the money for their orders, so I still have to deliver the dress even if I’m closed or if my designers closed,

“Opening this place started to make this place feel like home because it brought our community right to our doors.” The fact that it can ta

“My father was a business owner and I watched him create the American Dream, as I grew up."

“I’ve been able to be okay. And I’ve applied for loans but they are 4-to-6-to-8 weeks out. So, you know. I’ve been able to make it this far.

*Did you have to let your staff go? "Yeah, let all of them go on March 14th."

*What about this shutdown has you most concerned? "Our employees, their well being, health, and financial situations."

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“I am very worried that our country is very economically driven, and I do worry that they will open things up before it is actually ready to

“It is terrifying. Seriously. We’ve not had this kind of concern about our business in almost 30 years…25 years, at least. Let’s hope, when

"We put every dime we had into starting the business, and we both went into it 100% with no back up plan or safety net. If we failed then we

"We are definitely looking for the silver lining and focusing on the positives & blessings."

If I am saving the best for last.... then I'm half expecting to photograph God on my last stop.

"I'm hoping everybody does their part and we can get back to business. It's like a big group project."