PLAYING MANTIS PLAYING FOR KEEPS
These went up long before the marches started, but either way, Playing Mantis’ storefront plywood on N. Moore definitely gets first prize in the neighborhood in several categories. In fact, does anyone come close?
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DON’T GET TOO EXCITED
C. wrote to say she saw the sidewalk shed at 90 West Broadway being dismantled — and she was right. Only because of MTA requirements at the station, the high white one has to come down and will be replaced by a more traditional scaffold. Sigh.
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Philly artist decorating boarded-up storefronts creates Walls for Justice nonprofit - On top of
When Philadelphia native Samuel Rodriguez saw all the boarded up businesses after the destruction that followed the first days of protests in the city, he had an inspiration. To shift the energy from one of fear to one of welcome, he began painting the crude pieces of plywood with messages of hope.
Dubbed Walls for Justice , the initiative took off quickly, with more than a hundred volunteers pitching in. A sister project is launching Utah, and Rodriguez is raising money to create a lasting nonprofit.
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Bozeman Business Boom: From trailer to storefront, Genuine Ice Cream grows in post COIVD economy
BOZEMAN- Despite COVID-19 having a massive impact on the market and local business Genuine Ice Cream and Co. a trailer on Main Street is expanding and booming.
"We've had the trailer in downtown Bozeman for five summers now," Ellie Southworth the Manager of Genuine Ice Cream Co. said.
It's a sign of summer when Genuine opens its window in downtown Bozeman. On average ever Americans consume six gallons of ice cream.
"Bozeman is a seasonal town and we're in a seasonal business," Southworth said, "we've gotten the overwhelming support of the community in order to make it happen for us and move into the year-round space."
Black-owned businesses face a system set up against them - Los Angeles Times
It takes a lot to turn an idea into a small business: A storefront or some office space. Equipment, inventory, personnel, not to mention marketing, permitting and insurance.
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Many of those businesses don't have the necessary documentation, such as payroll records in a specific format, to be approved. And that is an indicator of the larger inequities for Black business owners.
"When you walk into the traditional bank environment ... they're expecting that you already understand the lending process," Brown said. "Most small African American, or even any business of color, basically has to leverage everything they have in order to believe in themselves to be able to say, 'I am going into business.' They don't have the resources around them that would necessarily be afforded to another business of persuasion."
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