Punta Gorda Mercantile Flood Recovery

Hi, it's Blake and Shannon of Punta Gorda Mercantile. You may have heard that our local veteran family owned small business was closed unexpectedly on Sunday 2/11. We arrived at our 9000 sq ft store to find it fully flooded.

If you don't know the store, it is an eclectic shopping experience that houses 200+ vendors and consignors with over 100,000 items in total.  Each vendor booth is their own individual small business where they display items for customers to browse and shop. All purchases support their small businesses, and PGM manages those transactions for the vendors.

Unfortunately, due to this flooding, PGM will be closed while repairs are completed to the building.  What this means is that these small businesses will lose sales that are essential to their lively hood and success.

We are reaching out to the community to humbly ask for help.  By donating to this GoFundMe, assistance can be given to vendors with repairs to their booths, damaged merchandise and lost sales as the business insurance does not cover vendor booths. Some of our vendors may have their own insurance but many may not.   We appreciate everyone's kindness as we try to recover and bring this store back operational so we can see you all again.