Businesses closing their doors in Fresno County

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Several businesses beryllium bare crossed Fresno County, with galore owners citing the system arsenic the crushed for their closure.

Clint Olivier with BizFed Central Valley, which advocates for businesses, says ostentation is simply a large contented for companies.

"When it becomes much costly to run that business, they person to find places to chopped oregon fto radical go, yet they'll person to adjacent their doors," Olivier said.

In September, astatine slightest 3 Fresno County businesses unopen down-Fulton Street Coffee successful downtown Fresno,

The Brunch Bar successful Clovis and Starving Artists Bistro successful Northeast Fresno.

Sacred Heart Coffee present sits wherever Fulton Street Coffee did, and The Brunch Bar has been replaced by Rustika Cafe and Bakery, which is acceptable to unfastened adjacent month.

Meanwhile, the Starving Artists Bistro is vacant arsenic the owners noted they've struggled with edifice regulations, nutrient and unit shortages, and inflation.

"When they person a delivery, that transportation costs much due to the fact that proscription fuels outgo more," Olivier explained.

"In the authorities of California, we're besides dealing with an ever-increasing minimum wage."

In October, aft 40 years of service, DiCicco's Italian Restaurant closed its northeast Fresno location.

A motion connected the restaurant's doorway pointed to a crook successful the economy.

"The authorities authorities says, 'You've got to wage your workers more,' and they either woody with it oregon they adjacent their doors," Olivier said.

If a concern is struggling oregon looking to unfastened oregon standard up, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) tin help.

"The tiny concern medication funds a web of organizations, our assets partners, that supply escaped consulting, grooming and method assistance to businesses," said Dawn Golik, the manager of Fresno SBA.

The SBA says it's indispensable to enactment those tiny businesses.

"Small businesses are truly the motor that is powering the system close now," Golik said.

"They employment tremendous numbers of people. They enactment a batch of wealth backmost into the section economy."

She added that Small Business Saturday connected November 30th is simply a large clip to amusement enactment for section tiny businesses.