“I will stay with the owner,” Sanders said. “As a neighboring business told us yesterday, ‘She’s badass.’ I don’t doubt for a minute that she’s going to be able to come through. … And, you know, I’ve never had a place that I love to work. And I love working here. I’ve never missed a day since I started either.” As the final day at the mall drew closer to a close, the crowds began to thin out just a little. Vendors packed the wares from their booths into boxes. Some had no interest in talking, but others chatted with one another and the customers. A few even sought out the journalists in the crowd, eager to share their opinions. Vendor Duke E. Stacey, who specializes in Art Deco chromeware from the ’30s and ’40s had been selling his wares at the antique mall since it opened. “Every customer that I’ve talked to is really saddened by this,” he said—but Stacey is among those who believe that Jeanney will find a way to reopen the mall. “I’m going to go with Lisa,” he said. “I’ve known her and Margaret [her mother] since, like, 1985. So, Lisa was much younger then—and much shorter. She was just a little girl, almost, I think.” Ron Huber, who had also been a vendor since the mall opened said he’s of the mindset that “when one door closes, another one opens.” But does he think Jeanney is capable of opening the next door, one to a new location for the mall? “I know she is,” Huber said. “I’ve been working with her on a couple of buildings. We’ve already got 11,000 feet committed right now by our vendors here.” Ω
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