Trio of Chula Vista organization homeowners come across connection, collaboration possibility through pandemic

CHULA VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) — In a globe before COVID-19, companies like Brendalyn Simsuangco’s Leaf-It-B, an islander catering business out of Chula Vista, operated by itself, but in the blink of an eye all the things changed.

“My calendar was packed and then obtaining everything from, ‘Oh, we have to terminate, we really don’t know what’s going on,’ strike the heart,” explained Simsuangco.

Which is when smaller enterprises, like Simsuangco’s, relied intensely on support from their communities and in some situations, their neighboring firms.

“We banded together due to the fact the only way compact businesses survived is by collaborating and by way of our communities, so that strengthened our bond,” Simsaungco stated.

Simsuangco was doing the job in a industrial kitchen area with the entrepreneurs of desserts centered Sweetstruck, and appetizer caterers SD Charcuterie, when COVID-19 shut its doors.

“We definitely wanted a spot wherever we could have our consultations and meet men and women because espresso shops were closed, parks were being shut, and there was no other way to elevate our enterprise other than get our area,” said Simsuangco.

The trio of business homeowners banded collectively to open an eye-catching, contemporary place in the center of downtown Chula Vista. The females explained it as a a person-cease store providing catering and decor services. They also hire it out for modest personal gatherings, an solution individuals decide for since the pandemic.

“We inspire community lessons. We have candlemakers that have their firms to come train, or cooking lessons, e-book signings,” claimed Simsuangco.

They claimed there had been a good deal of unknowns this past yr, but, in accordance to Simsuangco, a single thing was for specified between the South Bay entrepreneurs: “It was COVID pushed, if you will, how our collaborative efforts arrived about but it is that bond and partnership that obtained us via.”