COVID-19 relief grants help revive Syracuse businesses hurt by pandemic
Corey Henry | Senior Staff Photographer
The majority of the grant recipients were owners of small businesses in the restaurant, child care, retail and professional services industries.
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Cathy Pemberton spent more than half of the past year running her bakery entirely on her own.
Shortly after the pandemic reached the U.S., the number of customers at her Armory Square business, Cathy’s Cookie Kitchen, plummeted. As her bakery’s income began to dry up, Pemberton was forced to lay off all of her employees and single-handedly manage all aspects of her business.
• Feb 26, 2021
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A restaurant on Syracuse’s north side has tried everything to stay afloat since last March. Ullys Mouity owns Taste of Africa on Danforth Street.
“During the pandemic, maybe like a month after it started, financially we were almost about ready to close down the business.” said Mouity.
“We really had to reinvent ourselves in order for us to continue. What we did is, on the same building we have the empty space that we ended up turning into take out.”
The pandemic hurt many local businesses, but Mouity says for him that was just the beginning.
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