San Jose flea market could close. Hispanics, at risk

The only one source of income of hundreds of families migrants could disappear. The site where the San Jose flea market is contemplated within a housing and commerce project. The development real estate It was planned on the market grounds since 2007.

“This market he is bigger and it is something cultural. We want this to continue and that they do not displace us more than anything, “said Roberto González, representative of the La Pulga Vendors Association, to Telemundo.

To advance with the construction, hundreds of people they would be unemployed. It is common for these Family business pass from generation to generation. Some tenants carry there more than 30 years. Although merchants are mobilizing to stop the projectThey face the fact that the market is on private property.

Authorities have reiterated that to advance with the draft, the merchants they will have enough time to travel of the area. On March 24 there will be a virtual meeting of the Planning Committee of the City of Saint Joseph where the whole community can participate.

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