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    Salsa dancing, leather bags, and fresh beer: forgiven loans help local businesses survive COVID

    Dancers have once again begun to fill the Friendly City Dance Room, and Phase 3 precautions have made it a literal masquerade. Owner Phillip Fusaro told The Citizen that a typical day in the newly reopened studio looks like masked personal lessons, and

    Karen Lawrence September 6, 2020April 9, 2022 2020 ONLINE Event, Entrepreneurship, Pandemic Stories Read more

    Hotiman Ridwan

    Hotiman Ridwan

    Prospective restaurant owner Hotiman Ridwan had been developing his dream business for quite some time when he joined – and won – the Shenandoah Valley SBDC’s “What’s Cooking” Business Concept Plan Competition.  A restaurant manager and 18 year veteran of

    Karen Lawrence August 31, 2020April 9, 2022 2020 ONLINE Event, Entrepreneurship Read more

    inside job: mashita.

    When Mikey Reisenberg opened his food truck, Mashita, in 2013, people went NUTS. I remember it well — seemingly everyone I knew was raving about this giant grey bus/truck thing slinging Korean food on East Market Street. And then it started

    Karen Lawrence August 31, 2020April 9, 2022 2020 ONLINE Event, Food LOVE Read more

    City Auto Services – Sherzad Barakay

    Meet Sherzad Barakay of City Auto Services When I was eight years old, my passion of becoming a mechanic began. Throughout my life I was interested in repairing cars and creating machines from scratch. I was also always very quick

    Karen Lawrence August 31, 2020February 17, 2022 2020 ONLINE Event, Entrepreneurship Read more

    Friendly Faces of the Friendly City: Bahir Al Badry

    Bahir Al Badry’s art studio sits perched on the 2nd floor of Oasis Fine Art & Craft with a bird’s eye view of the gallery and shop below. Like any nest, it is a place of comfort and creation. Music

    Karen Lawrence August 31, 2020April 9, 2022 2020 ONLINE Event, Arts, Through the Eyes of Artists Read more

    Naza Salon & Barbershop – Shawn & Salwa Mahdi

    A few years after I arrived in the United States with my brother, I had the idea of starting my own business. My brother has been trying to get me to start my own business for so long. He was

    Karen Lawrence August 31, 2020February 17, 2022 2020 ONLINE Event, Entrepreneurship Read more

    sweet talk: syl’s  delights.

    When my kids were little, I would try to give them a thematic birthday party based on something they were really into at the time. Then I’d *attempt* to bake a cake that included that theme, or make a banner,

    Karen Lawrence August 31, 2020April 9, 2022 2020 ONLINE Event, Food LOVE Read more

    Friendly Faces of the Friendly City: Steve and Shami of CubanBurger

    I chatted with Steve and Shami, owners of CubanBurger, on a sultry Monday earlier this month from the comfort of my air-conditioned dining room/office. The world looks small and cold through a laptop screen, but their love and warmth transcended

    Karen Lawrence August 31, 2020March 16, 2022 2020 ONLINE Event, Entrepreneurship Read more

    #GiveSsam! Giving Back in the Time of COVID With Mashita

    Some people are built for endurance. They are strong and efficient; their minds are sharp and focused, not easily distracted. They can maintain a steady pace for the long haul and put one foot in front of the other despite

    Karen Lawrence August 31, 2020April 9, 2022 2020 ONLINE Event, Giving, Pandemic Stories Read more

    it’s little wonder: boboko indonesian cafe.

    You might not even know it’s there if not for the glorious smells emanating from it. Or the zillions of people who will recommend you go there. This article is one such recommendation. GO THERE. I’m referring to one of

    Karen Lawrence August 31, 2020February 17, 2022 2020 ONLINE Event, Food LOVE Read more
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