Hillary Rush stands with her father, Bob Rush, inside their Great Barrington shop in 2015. Church Street Trading Co. will close next month, after 28 years on Railroad Street. PHOTO PROVIDED BY HILLARY RUSH
GREAT BARRINGTON â There are coronavirus pandemic winners and losers, and Hillary Rush says her Railroad Street shop is one of the latter.
âWith COVID, I just sat and watched for three months and applied for every loan â you name it,â said Rush, owner of Church Street Trading Co., a Berkshires clothing institution for 28 years. âWhen we reopened, we had no dressing rooms and people were deathly afraid to come.â
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When money is running short, print your own
An economic experiment in the Berkshires wins new attention in the COVID downturn.
By Julia HotzUpdated December 24, 2020, 5:00 a.m.
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A collage of the Berkshires local currency.Courtesy of the Schumacher Center for New Economics (Custom credit)
Last spring, shortly after it became clear that COVID-19 was more than just a little flu and that local shops would be down and out for more than just a little while, America got to wondering: How can we save small businesses?
Many commentators demanded quick federal relief. Some consumers went on gift card shopping sprees. And 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang tweeted a proposal combining the two â government-issued debit cards redeemable only at locally owned small businesses.