Introducing CLF Localist Memberships
By Christina Ru, July 30, 2020. Small businesses are struggling all over the country. As all business plummeted in March, small business owners began to fret. They knew that they …
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Local Chambers of Commerce Are Failing. Small Businesses Nationwide Could Suffer
As lawmakers negotiate the details of a Phase 4 Covid-19 relief bill, local chambers of commerce are pleading for financial assistance. Here’s why. BY CAMERON ALBERT-DEITCH, REPORTER, INC. View the full …
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In an already vulnerable business sector, Black restaurant owners battle to stay open
By Anqi Zhang, originally published in Sampan on July 24, 2020. At this very moment when the Black Lives Matter movement nationwide encountered the long-lasting Covid-19 pandemic, the situations of …
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Surviving coronavirus as a small business: Michael Kanter of Cambridge Naturals
By Lina Cho (CLF), originally published in Cambridge Day on July 22 Michael Kanter, co-founded the Cambridge Naturals health and wellness store in 1974. (Photo: Cambridge Naturals) Michael Kanter, of …
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Surviving coronavirus as a small business: Rachael Solem of Irving House at Harvard
By Lina Cho (CLF), originally published in Cambridge Day on July 14, 2020 Irving House at Harvard, in Mid-Cambridge, was allowed to reopen to guests June 8. But a reopening …
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Surviving coronavirus as a small business: Antonina Colbert of Antonina Bodywork
By Lina Cho (CLF), originally published in Cambridge Day on July 8, 2020 and updated on July 14. For Cambridge independent business owner Antonina Colbert, the coronavirus epidemic meant three …
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A resource guide for Mass. businesses during coronavirus outbreak
By Hilary Burns – Associate Editor, Boston Business Journal Mar 19, 2020, 5:39am EDT Updated Jul 7, 2020, 4:11pm EDT. Read the full article here. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world swiftly and drastically. …
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PPP Loans: What You Need to Know About the Latest Changes
By Ruth Simon and Peter RudegeairUpdated July 6, 2020 1012 am ET Small-business owners who haven’t yet applied for forgivable loans designed to ease the economic pain of the Covid-19 …
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Mapping COVID-19 Impacts on Local Economies Provided by Opportunity Insights
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold and cases surge as we enter July, the American economy continues to reopen. Although the unemployment rate has come down from its peak …
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Green Cambridge, Cambridge Local First Announce Winners of Cambridge City Nature Art Challenge: Youth Art Depicts Fisher, Blue Jay, and Ducks
CAMBRIDGE, MA (July 1, 2020) Green Cambridge and Cambridge Local First (CLF) have announced the winners of the Cambridge City Nature Art Challenge. Raúl The Third, a 2020 Pura Belpré …