South County Report: A Bright Spot in a Beleaguered Community

South County Report: A Bright Spot in a Beleaguered Community

The market isn’t even open yet. But for the small crowd of Imperial Beach residents who gathered Thursday morning at a shopping center a few blocks from the city’s troubled shoreline, just the arrival of a sign over an empty storefront was cause for celebration.  “When people come together, we can … make something really special happen,” said resident Shannon Ratliff to the crowd of roughly two dozen onlookers who assembled in a parking lot near…