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Business

Lisa Calvo (left), owner of Sweet Amalia's Oyster Farm, and Melissa McGrath at the pop-up
Community

‘We’re open’: Sisterly Love Citywide Food Fair promotes women-run businesses

Every weekend through Dec. 20, restaurants and gift vendors are hosting pop-ups throughout Philly to help women-run businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

Foobooz founder Art Etchells (inset) created a map to document Philly restaurant closings. (ClosedinPHL)
Lifestyle
Billy Penn

New map lets you track Philly restaurant closings — and hopefully reopenings, too

“It hits a nerve to see it all in one place visually.”

6 years ago

With indoor dining on hold, some restaurants have gone to great lengths to make outdoor dining work in the winter. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Philly passes 180-day ban on restaurant evictions, throwing struggling industry a lifeline

Other retail businesses are still looking for relief, as landlords demand rent payments.

6 years ago

The interior of a restaurant, with stools overturned on tables
The Why
Politics & Policy

$1 billion in relief sat around while Pa. businesses struggled

Pa. lawmakers haggled for six months over how to spend $1 billion in CARES Act money while businesses struggled. In the end, Gov. Wolf sided with Republicans.

Air Date: December 3, 2020

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A sign reminds patrons to mask up while inside a Pennsylvania restaurant.
Money
Broke in Philly

Pa. coronavirus update: L&I secretary asks Senate to extend unemployment relief

The federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) had extended benefits for a total of 39 weeks.

6 years ago

Dekalb and Main streets in Norristown, Pennsylvania. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Urban Planning

’20 years behind’ in development, Norristown is looking for a change

A request for proposals seeks someone to acquire, construct, manage and market a mix of commercial and residential uses at Main and DeKalb streets.

6 years ago

A gambler makes a sports bet at Bally's casino
Money

Virus, fan eagerness may spur sports bet, casino expansion

Gambling executives, analysts and lawmakers agree that the lure of new tax revenue could prove irresistible to cash-strapped state governments facing large COVID-19 deficits.

6 years ago

In this June 29, 2020, customers waited in line to enter a store at Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Money
NJ Spotlight

Pummeled by pandemic, NJ businesses foresee difficult 2021

Taxes and over-regulation, issues that have come up often in previous polls conducted by the association, also remain concerns for the survey’s respondents.

6 years ago

(Jason Rusnock)
Community
Billy Penn

Shop sustainable in Philly at East Passyunk’s new Good Buy Supply

The new shop offers environmentally friendly everyday products like soap, deodorant and laundry detergent.

6 years ago

A sign at the entrance to a park warns pedestrians about increased risk for the coronavirus in the Ironbound section of Newark
Community

N.J. coronavirus update: Murphy to reduce outdoor gathering limit, ban indoor sports

New Jersey will drop its capacity limit on outdoor gatherings and ban youth and high school indoor sports in an attempt to stop a rising trend in new coronavirus cases.

6 years ago

Ylvia Asal holding up a piece of her artwork in her Anatolia Art & Craft Studio. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Community

Keeping the shopping local at Small Business Saturday in Haddonfield

Healthy foot traffic, with appropriate precautions, brought a much-needed boost to downtown stores along Kings Highway.

6 years ago

One of the 'Bok in a Box' packages available online (Bok)
Community
Billy Penn

2020 guide to Philly gift guides: Keep it local with pop-ups, independent shops and virtual holiday markets

How to skip the big chains and safely support makers, artists and entrepreneurs in your community.

6 years ago

Dorothea Gamble in her store Trunc in Northern Liberties.
Community

Philly’s conscious shopping trend has Black-owned businesses optimistic about holiday sales

Black-owned businesses hope increased interest in the wake of anti-racist protests will continue to bring in customers this holiday season.

6 years ago

The morning Black Friday shopping crowd at King of Prussia Mall was much sparser than in past years. (Courtesy of Kenneth Cooper Sr.)
Community

A peaking pandemic thins out the Black Friday crowd at the malls

A newly energized coronavirus largely kept the masses away from the big shopping meccas in suburban Philly.

6 years ago

Steve Jamison of Blue Sole Shoes (The Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Local entrepreneurs look forward to Small Business Saturday

Steve Jamison recognizes the value of Small Business Saturday, a national day established to support small retailers across the country during the holiday shopping season.

6 years ago

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