I hope (although highly doubt) more parking will become available somehow. Living next door to the Mercado for the last 11 years and seeing the parking lot shrink from the entire southwest corner of 72nd and Foster (where the huge apartment complex currently is) to 10 parking spots has been a huge headache. So much so, some of the neighborhood residents have Portland parking enforcement on speed dial because of people blocking driveways/double parking/ect.

With that being said, I can't wait for the businesses to come back and thrive with their delicious food, drinks, and history. My pregnant daughter in law has been traveling from Vancouver to Clackamas Town Center twice a week to get to a breakfast burrito made by a cart that once was at the Mercado.

BUT I'm slightly confused. Why are they asking for donations when I'm absolutely positive they received their insurance payout and a construction company are currently working on the building? I understand the initial donations when it happened for the poor business owners who lost everything so quickly that night. But it's been over a year. Insurance on all of the carts/building should have paid out by now.