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Tom Adam with dogs Bear and Busby… “Phillip is broken. It hasn’t changed in 30 years. There’s very little maintenance done.” Photo: Danielle Nohra
Phillip Business Community president Tom Adam is frustrated by the lack of ACT government support to small businesses in the past year and can cite multiple small businesses that have been forced to shut or move during the pandemic.
DANIELLE NOHRA reports
SITTING at a cafe table on a deteriorating pavement, next to a broken gutter on Colbee Court, Phillip Business Community president Tom Adam asks where ratepayers’ money is going?
Tom, 41, of Fadden, leases a space on Townshend Street for his business Canberra Martial Arts and Fitness, and is frustrated by the legacy of issues in Phillip.
Canberrans fail to spend more than a quarter of the $500,000 in ChooseCBR vouchers to support local business
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DecDecember 2020 at 3:33am
Canberra business owner Tom Adam said the Choose CBR program had not brought in enough customers.
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Key points:
About 40,000 Canberrans have signed up for the initiative so far, a lower number than expected
The economic stimulus was devised as a way to support businesses affected by the pandemic
The ACT Government said it was confident they would see a surge of interest right before Christmas
In Canberra, apparently not.
The ACT Government s ChooseCBR trial ends on Christmas Eve and Canberrans have so far spent just a quarter of the $500,000 on offer.