Winter has come (again) in more ways than one: Not that it's been the only to come in the past week, but right now, businesses are hurting bad. With the loans of the pandemic numbering as high as $40,000 coming due, many smaller enterprises are facing the reality of finally calling it quits. Economic hard times are afoot, perhaps more so now than ever.
There are a million and one idea for cheap things to do in the city, but if you can? Now's the time to pay a visit to not only your local spots, but also those places you always meant to go to. To support local artists. To do what you can, where you can. We've done it once before, and we can do it again.
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