With rising rent and tariffs hitting the small business hard, Plantiitas, a plant shop on Retro Row, is asking for help to keep its doors open.
Last week, after talking with two employees who have been with the business since it opened in October 2020, co-owner Kevin Alcaraz said he decided to “put my pride to the side” and announce a fundraiser for the business on social media.
“We are not asking for a handout but asking to help us keep this dream alive,” Alcaraz and his husband, Anthony Diaz, wrote on the fundraiser. Any money raised will go toward the cost of rent, utilities and paying the shop’s employees, Alcaraz said…