away from the direct unrest, they were just thinking baltimore city. and they weren't coming. they didn't care where we were in baltimore city. it just didn't matter. >> for small business owners who count on the revenue each and every day to keep their businesses alive, this was a scary time. >> we're a restaurant. you know, our base is customer service. so a lot of my business went away. >> in the beginning i feel alone. i didn't know how i going to do it. i just know we somehow we were going to try to do this again. >> mario learned quickly he wasn't going to have to do it alone. amanda peters is the highland main street manager. as soon as she saw the local hyland small businesses were being affted by the civil unrest, she went into high gear. >> oftentimes when people go through hard things together, they come together. did you experience any of that after the civil unrest with the business owners here? >> oh, definitely.