Like so many businesses in the Village, on Capitola Avenue suffered damage from the last week.
Patch caught up with Hour Place owner Richard Bennett on Monday to discuss his experience of the events so far.
Capitola-Soquel Patch: Tell us about Saturday's flood.
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Richard Bennett: We were coming to work and found out we couldn’t get into the Village. We ended up parking our car at the top of the hill and walking down. We waded through the water to get to our shop. We took one look inside, turned around and went home. We couldn’t do anything.
Patch: When did you finally get in to start cleaning up?
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Bennett: We got in yesterday morning at nine o’clock. It was a wet and muddy mess. There was inventory floating all over the floor. All of my tools were starting to rust. The clocks were starting to get cloudy and steamy inside from all the moisture.
Patch: What are your plans going forward?
Bennett: That’s all going to depend on whether we can get assistance with funding. I don’t know if I can re-pay for all the inventory that we lost.
Stay tuned to Patch for continued information on how local businesses and evacuated residents are dealing with the aftermath of the floods.
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