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The past 12 months have proven the resiliency and resolve of 30 million small businesses across the U.S. as they make a way to stay open day after day. Wells Fargo recognizes the importance of America’s small businesses for local communities and the broader national economy and the company continues to provide them with access to the capital and resources they need to weather the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wells Fargo created the Open for Business Fund in July 2020, donating roughly $420 million to help small businesses recover and rebuild. The Open for Business Fund supports community development financial institutions, or CDFIs, and other nonprofits that provide needed capital, technical support, and long-term resiliency programs for small businesses, including racially and ethnically diverse owners who have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.
(StatePoint) More than a year into the pandemic, the âopenâ sign in countless online and retail storefronts has evolved into a universal symbol of the grit of small businesses. Tenacious entrepreneurs nationwide made a way to stay open in spite of all the obstacles.
As part of an effort to amplify these inspiring stories, Wells Fargo has commissioned three artists to design custom âopenâ signs for businesses that persevered and is also pointing entrepreneurs to resources that can help.
Dedicated to showcasing women and diverse voices, illustrator and graphic designer Sophia Yeshi, is paired with Roxtography, a woman-owned business based near the Colville Reservation, outside of Seattle. Owner Roxanne Best shifted from in-person yoga and photography classes to outdoor stand-up paddleboarding classes and photography that embodies her love of nature.
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Sean Drakes/Getty Images. With lockdowns and travel bans devastating the live music industry last year, musicians across the world turned to online performances and streaming platforms to make up the numbers. But for soca, a genre so inextricably linked to the crowd-packed events of Carnival, the stakes are different. Carnival celebrations across the Caribbean â and across the world â saw cancellations last year, affecting entire ecosystems of costume designers, vendors, party promoters, DJs, producers, and artists. And though it seemed, in that first rash of cancellations, like the virus might be under control by the fall, Trinidad & Tobagoâs Carnival, its vibrant, closing road march scheduled to take place yesterday, was inevitably canceled as well.