RACINE — Ahead of Thanksgiving and Black Friday, the U.S. Small Business Administration is encouraging shoppers to support their local communities by shopping and dining at small businesses.
The MARN Art + Culture Hub, which includes an art gallery, event space, and local handmade arts marketplace, is reopening its cafe on 414 Day, Friday, April 14
Collaboration, partnerships key for Racine pop-ups during the pandemic
RACINE, Wis. As businesses try to find their footing out of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of entrepreneurs in Racine are building each other up through collaboration.
Emerson Holliday and Sergio Molina each lost their jobs when the pandemic hit. That’s when they decided to take matters into their own hands.
“I was working at a restaurant that shut down for a month or so, so we just started serving food out of the kitchen [at The Branch],” said Holliday, who is the master chef at Dragonpit BBQ. “Now we’re just all together growing and we’re growing this community kitchen idea while we can.”