Two years ago, Nestor Carrillo could fit the demands for his Mexican candies and tortillas into one truck as he drove products to a handful of stores across Idaho. Carrillo now has four trucks, three employees and delivers to more than 110 stores in three states, including Washington and Oregon.
He often makes stops at El Centro, a business wedged in a mostly empty strip mall in Nampa, to show his gratitude to the tiny financial center where he first obtained auto insurance after moving to southwest Idaho seven years ago.
Inside, rows of gray dividers separate a tiny army of tax preparers, mortgage specialists, real estate and insurance agents. The signs are in Spanish. The employees are bilingual. For a 35-year-old Guatemalan who recently moved to the United States and was renting a house for his family in Caldwell, the whole layout screamed opportunity. READ FULL STORY
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