Anaheim Shopping Mall Overhaul Threatens Immigrant Small Business Owners
Updated: Sep 24, 2020
The fate of an Anaheim shopping center and the future of its tenants swings in the balance this afternoon. The city's planning commission is holding a public hearing at 5 p.m. to decide on moving forward with a proposal that would level businesses on the corner of La Palma and Magnolia avenues in favor of a future McDonald's, Rite Aid Pharmacy and retail space. The center is home to longtime and legendary Anaheim establishments like El Patio Drive In and the Glo-Room. If the planning commission approves the proposal by Frontier Real Estate Investments, they'll be crushing the hard work of immigrant entrepreneurship from El Salvador to Vietnam along with it.
Read more on my latest OC Weekly Stick A Fork In It Blog post:
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/stickaforkinit/2015/01/glo_room_anaheim_el_patio.php