AUSTIN, Texas -- When Monica and Sergio Lejarazu came to work two years ago, they found their business destroyed.
"I don't know why," Monica said back in February 2015. "This is my question, why?"
The Jumpolin Piñata store was demolished without warning, and in the midst of devastation, Monica made a promise.
"I'm gonna start again in another location," she said. "Not tomorrow but I'll be working again."
The store's abrupt destruction quickly became a symbol of East Austin's gentrification.
"It was not an earthquake, it was not a flood, it was people doing something against people's property," said Sergio.
In the time since they were displaced, Sergio and his wife maintained their piñata business.
"We were working from home, and basically we were busy," Sergio said. "Donald Trump paid for our vacations, selling the Donald Trump piñatas."
Now, the store is getting ready to open its doors in East Austin once again.
"We want to start again from scratch," said Sergio. "And I believe two years, they really constructed us. It's been hard."
The new store is still located on Cesar Chavez Street, one mile east of the original shop.
Sergio says being on any other street wouldn't feel right.
"The people love this place, they want to look at this place in this area, you know."
A place that can now become a symbol of hope to those in the community.
"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and we are back. Stronger," said Sergio.
Jumpolin plans to open to the public by the end of the week.
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