The “Made Especially for You by Willie Kay” traveling exhibit at N.C. A&T tells the story of the Black dressmaker from Raleigh and her impact on American style.
The “Made Especially for You by Willie Kay” traveling exhibit at N.C. A&T tells the story of the Black dressmaker from Raleigh and her impact on American style.
COVID-19 relief grants help revive Syracuse businesses hurt by pandemic
Corey Henry | Senior Staff Photographer
The majority of the grant recipients were owners of small businesses in the restaurant, child care, retail and professional services industries.
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Cathy Pemberton spent more than half of the past year running her bakery entirely on her own.
Shortly after the pandemic reached the U.S., the number of customers at her Armory Square business, Cathy’s Cookie Kitchen, plummeted. As her bakery’s income began to dry up, Pemberton was forced to lay off all of her employees and single-handedly manage all aspects of her business.
Ben Walsh planned to build 50 new homes in Syracuse. Then the pandemic struck
Updated Jan 15, 2021;
Posted Jan 15, 2021
Work is underway to build two new single-family houses on Shuart Avenue in Syracuse, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021.
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Syracuse, N.Y. Just weeks before a pandemic struck Central New York, Mayor Ben Walsh announced an aggressive plan to build 50 new homes in Syracuse in two years. It would be the biggest batch of residential neighborhood construction in Syracuse in a generation.
Nearly a year after that announcement, the project is behind schedule, with construction just now beginning on a handful of houses. And securing funding for the project has proved more difficult than initially expected as the state closed its purse strings for cities like Syracuse.