Business owners, visitors wary of possible Covid closures ahead of NYE
Business owners, visitors wary of possible Covid closures ahead of NYE By Amanda Roberts | December 29, 2020 at 9:50 PM CST - Updated December 29 at 10:19 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Any other year, thereâd be more group activities leading into the new year.
âWe would do the normal celebrating thing that everyone does go to one or two have fun, this year is definitely different,â said Scott Wood.
With 2021 days away, Courtyard Brewery owner, Scott Wood says he canât look forward to the new year without worrying about whatâs left of 2020.
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NEW ORLEANS The pandemic has changed the lives of many Americans and most who have been impacted are food service workers.
Many of them have been out of work since the height of the pandemic .
The owner of Courtyard Brewery, Scott Wood, wanted to give food workers a chance to create an extra income while restaurants were closed. We also are just trying to help because we have the space and we have some of the notoriety and voice in the community and I think it s prudent upon us to use that for the benefit of others if we can, Wood said.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/small-businesses-hit-hard-by-pandemic-are-being-starved-of-credit-11608476400 Customers watch a football game at the Courtyard Brewery in New Orleans. The brewery has had difficulty getting funding. Small Businesses, Hit Hard by Pandemic, Are Being Starved of Credit Banks lend less to small companies today than they did before the financial crisis. Loans to big businesses, meanwhile, have multiplied. Customers watch a football game at the Courtyard Brewery in New Orleans. The brewery has had difficulty getting funding. By Dec. 20, 2020 10:00 am ET
Small businesses that cleared the hurdle of the coronavirus shutdowns are now encountering an all-too-familiar obstacle: Banks don’t want to lend to them.