A. Allen: Small business recovery

Small Business Recovery is essential for families, communities and social networks: "We Are All in This Together."

COVID-19 restrictions have put a damper on society as a whole, but with small businesses, the change has hit most of them financially and it could be very devastating to their business.

Most businesses are socially connected to the community they serve and the communities relied on their business to provide service -- be it restaurants or groceries or etc. Now the community business is looking to its customers to come through in these challenging times. As my mother used to say, "One hand washes the other." It's just like I see posted all over Chicago, "We Are All in This Together."

So looking at it from this perspective. we should and need to be there for each other. Let's reach out and help each other during these trying times, so that we may recover from this COVID-19 setback.

Even as a small business StreetWise man or woman entrepreneur, we solicit your support. Our sales have been affected, but with your awareness of small business recovery, we too can bounce back from the COVID-19 restrictions, as individuals and as the StreetWise community. We Are All in This Together. Support your local vendor and if you can't locate your regular vendor, feel free to buy a magazine from the nearest local vendor.

We as vendors can assist our StreetWise community by socially networking in recruitment, letting others know there is room for more vendors, entrepreneurs and independent contractors. We have flyers available. Recruit. Recruit. Recruit for small business recovery.