Tom Adam with dogs Bear and Busby… “Phillip is broken. It hasn’t changed in 30 years. There’s very little maintenance done.” Photo: Danielle Nohra
Phillip Business Community president Tom Adam is frustrated by the lack of ACT government support to small businesses in the past year and can cite multiple small businesses that have been forced to shut or move during the pandemic.
DANIELLE NOHRA reports
SITTING at a cafe table on a deteriorating pavement, next to a broken gutter on Colbee Court, Phillip Business Community president Tom Adam asks where ratepayers’ money is going?
Tom, 41, of Fadden, leases a space on Townshend Street for his business Canberra Martial Arts and Fitness, and is frustrated by the legacy of issues in Phillip.