A makeover planned for downtown Miami's East Flagler Street is stuck in neutral and driving business owners past frustration.

"President Trump, please help us," said Danny Moshe, co-owner of Miami Discount Center on Northeast 1st Avenue, half a block south of East Flagler Street.

Moshe and his wife, Jacqueline, feel ignored by city and downtown development leaders. The couple opened their discount center selling everything from umbrellas to t-shirts more than 40 years ago. The business lives off foot traffic and customers riding the bus.

However, improvements to the East Flagler Street corridor are in the way.

"It's [been] two years almost and nothing is moving," Danny Moshe said. "Nobody is coming to work."

"We have to open seven days a week," added Jacqueline Moshe. "We have to

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