Local restaurants, coffee shops, hair salons, cleaning services, independent booksellers and other spots are suffering.
As America hunkers down, small businesses around the country are struggling to make ends meet ― although customers have disappeared, bills and wages have not.
While some local restaurants have opted to close their doors to weather the outbreak, a number are still open for takeout and delivery ― even spots that aren’t typically. If you have a solid source of income during this time, it might be worth taking the night off from cooking once in a while to support workers and business owners in your neighborhood who aren’t sure how they’re going to get through the next few months.
“Your generosity could be a game changer for them right now,” small business owner Liz Pearce told HuffPost. Pearce co-founded
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