STOCKTON — Pinkie Sagote is one of the newest business owners in Downtown Stockton. She wanted to start her business across the street from the courthouse to get more foot traffic.
After a few months, that slowed, and she said that being next door to vacant buildings doesn’t help.
“Not a lot of people know too much about shopping downtown,” Sagote said. “A lot of people don’t come downtown because there isn’t too much stuff down here for them to come down here and see if there is something for them.”…