Grants help small businesses in Fourth Plain corridor survive COVID-19
Published: May 13, 2021, 6:01am
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3 Photos Haeng Chong, who s owned Fourth Plain One Hour Dry Cleaning for 40 years with his wife, pauses for a portrait Wednesday, May 12. Last year, Chong s business received $16,000 through a small business grant program that just reopened for a third time. Applications are due May 19. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery
In the 40 years that Haeng Chong has owned his Vancouver dry cleaning business, he’s never seen demand drop like this.
When COVID-19 first hit, the volume of customers seeking services from Fourth Plain One Hour Dry Cleaning cratered by around 90 percent, he said. People just weren’t going out much anymore and that meant they didn’t really need to maintain their going-out clothes. Laundering those going-out clothes is his livelihood.