people working together. you have a dream, you can look forward to something. east stuart is an area born out of segregation. segregation led to this being a closed population with its own businesses, its own entertainment, its own schools, its own residences. it was completely self sustaining. once it ended many residents started shopping elsewhere or just moved away entirely. that led to a steady decline in business. today we ve gone from over 70 stores at its heyday to about a dozen. one of the biggest challenges today is that the community has an image problem. i think it s a perception issue. i think the perception is you know, east stuart is not safe, east stuart may not be clean, don t invest there. sondra says those impressions couldn t be further from the truth. it s very clean, very safe and i think as you see here today welcoming. the city s done a lot of work through the community redevelopment agency to put in