Thanks for being a good neighbor.

The Advocate has been part of our neighborhoods for nearly 30 years. Lots of our 500,000+ loyal readers run small businesses facing crippling financial issues now.

Every day, in print and online, we help build the businesses of small retailers, home service providers, medical and senior care facilities, restaurants, real estate professionals — people who live and work right here in our neighborhood. Most of our regular advertisers are small, family-owned businesses who are seriously impacted financially by this situation.

As a small business ourselves, we know where they’re coming from, and we want to do our part to support them.

So we’ve offered free online advertising during this crisis for these locally-owned neighborhood businesses on a firstcome, first-served basis. Visit oakcliff.advocatemag.com/show-your-neighborhood-love where you’ll learn about and help our neighbors. Please check out this special section, visit these businesses when they are open, and order from them online or through pickup or drive-thru as much as you can.

Businesses like these are what make our neighborhoods great places to live and work. It’s time to support these neighborhood owners and employees now when they need us.

When all of this is over, we want these business standing strong.

When all of this is over, the Advocate will be standing strong, too.

Rick Wamre President Advocate Media

By RACHEL STONE