Tag: small business
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City Launches Small-Business Grant Program for Vale Avenue Storefronts
The city will begin offering grants of up to $15,000 to fill empty Vale Avenue storefronts, a new approach after a contentious vacancy-tax fight left the corridor’s vacancy rate largely unchanged.
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First-Ever Lowertown Restaurant Week Aims to Draw Diners Beyond Foundry Row
Twelve Lowertown restaurants will offer discounted prix-fixe menus during the neighborhood’s first-ever restaurant week, an effort organizers hope will draw diners who typically flock to Foundry Row instead.
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Cedar Hollow Institution Keeps Prices Steady Despite Rising Costs
Miss Odell’s Kitchen has held menu prices flat for six years despite rising costs, with owner Odell Faison saying the Cedar Hollow soul food institution owes its working-class regulars stability, not just a meal.
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Council Weighs Storefront-Vacancy Ordinance Championed by Yoon
Council Member Patricia Yoon’s proposed vacancy-tax ordinance for empty Vale Avenue storefronts drew both merchant support and landlord opposition at a packed City Hall hearing, with a final vote still weeks away.
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Food Truck Scene Grows Along West Bellwater’s Industrial Corridor
A growing fleet of food trucks now serves West Bellwater’s industrial corridor, feeding manufacturing and green-energy workers who have few sit-down restaurant options near the plants where they work.