Saturday Nights in the City will return to Harrisburg beginning May 1
The initiative closes certain city streets to traffic every Saturday night to allow downtown restaurants to expand outdoor dining and table service from 5-10 p.m. Author: Keith Schweigert (FOX43) Updated: 9:33 AM EDT April 20, 2021
HARRISBURG, Pa.
Note: The video is from June 2020.
The City of Harrisburg announced Tuesday that Saturday Nights in the City, an initiative to support local businesses launched during the COVID-19 pandemic last year, will return again this summer.
The initiative, a partnership between the City and the Downtown Improvement District, closes certain city streets to traffic every Saturday night to allow downtown restaurants to expand outdoor dining and table service.
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To weather coronavirus, Black and brown-owned businesses show grit and determination
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
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Without a doubt, the data points to the sobering fact that Black and brown-owned businesses have taken a disproportionate hit from the coronavirus.
In the past year, more minority-owned businesses have gone under or drastically reduced their staff and hours. A survey by H&R Block released in February found more than half of Black small businesses owners said their revenue fell by at least 50% (by comparison, 37% of white small business owners responded similarly).
But the narrative is not wholly one of despair and devastation. For some Black and brown business owners, the protracted coronavirus pandemic has forced them to tap the grit and determination that many of them say has been a perennial prerequisite for their demographic to survive in the business world.