Help Boree Unlimited Move To A Safe Location

Help Boree Unlimited Move to a safer environment.

My name is Anthea Boree McSwain. I am the sole owner of Boree Unlimited Printing. I have been in this community for over 6 years. My goal was to be an affordable one stop shop and resource for this underserved community for printing services. I have been in my current location for a bit over four years. The first few years, we had several issues with leaks, but in the most recent year we’ve had to endure issues with drug dealers and users taking over the building which has now made the environment unsafe.

I can’t seem to get any peace in this place anymore. The day after my birthday, on November 12, 2023, I got a call from my neighbor telling me that there is a hole in my window. A different window was completely shattered from a fight a few months ago. There was a raid two weeks ago for the apartments upstairs. The users were arrested but the dealer was obviously tipped off somehow because I saw him leaving with a box when I got to work maybe an hour or two before the actual raid. I’ve had to deal with constant traffic of users in and out of the building for months. I’ve opened my door to users literally shooting up right outside my door. I’ve had to call the police several times just to be able to leave without having to confront users. This same dealer killed someone here back in November, where we had the same issue with being bombarded by drug users day in and and out. After the murder, he left for a while but came back. Now my concern, outside of the previously mentioned chaos is that when things cool off again, he’ll be right back, again. On top of all of this, I have had close to a couple of dozen issues with ceiling leaks in at least five different locations in the building. Thankfully most of my major equipment was placed in positions where they were not damaged, but it all has just become too much. Too much stress, too much chaos and it’s just too dangerous and sometimes the landlord and management is unresponsive. The last few leaks, we were stuck cleaning up the mess. And as I contacted them about the drug issues, they never responded at all, but eventually, the raid took place.

In a perfect world, I would quietly get a loan to get out and make an announcement about my new location. But in this season, I am not in position to get that type of loan. The one thing I know for sure is that I am not renewing this lease, for my own peace of mind and mental health. So that leaves me in a position that I hate to be in, because I don’t ask anybody for anything, but I see no other way out. There will be one of two outcomes in this situation. I will either be blessed enough to raise enough money to move or I will be forced to tap out and file for bankruptcy and find something else to do. I just know I can no longer do this here. It’s not safe and too taxing on my mental health.

I would love to be able to own my own space with nobody living above me, but at this point, it’s in my best interest to get out of this space one way or another.

A donation of any amount will make a difference and would mean so much to me. If you could also share my fundraiser link with your friends, it would mean so much. The more people hear about my cause, the quicker I can reach my fundraising goal and get out of this space.