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"Started as an expansion of We Suki Suki to give immigrant vendors opportunities to create and run businesses, the Collective grew from a tiny market into a cluster of food stalls but suffered from cramped quarters that hampered dine-in service during the pandemic; stalls often operated as ghost kitchens and competed for sales, monthly stall rates averaged $80 per square foot (including utilities, permitting, and licenses), many vendors eventually outgrew the East Atlanta Village location, and the Collective’s stalls began closing with several vendors leaving by December." - Beth McKibben