Sticking with a business plan through the pandemic

Downtown leaders say it's inspiring to see many businesses stick to their plan through the coronavirus pandemic.

COMMUNITY ISWORKING TOWARDBETTER DAYS..AND MAIN STREETGREEN BAY IS HARDAT WORK RIGHT NOW.TONIGHT NBC26'SMATT JARCHOWSHOWS US WHY THEFUTURE..

COULDLOOK QUITEDIFFERENT..INSIDE THIS ONEBUILDING..ARE TWOOPERATIONS.."Sunrise on Main is anupscale women's resaleshop, and we are a socialbusiness so we aredesigned to support anon-profit partner, which isReset.Life."..TWO OPERATIONS..ONE COMMON GOAL.."Helping women kind ofpress the reset button onlife, which in this particulartime is particularlyappropriate, it's kind of anunplanned reset for a lotof women."JOAN JOHNSON INTHE MIDDLE OF HEROWN RESET OFSORTS..SUNRISE ON MAINHAD TO CLOSE ITSDOORS IN MARCH.SOON..THERE WILL BEA BRAND NEW DOORTO OPEN UP."We're moving just twodoors down to the formerBig Tomatoes building.

Ihad joked that someoneought to buy the spaceand move something inthere, and it turns out itwas perfect for what weneed."THAT BEING..MOREROOM.."It will give us more roomto breathe in the boutique,we'll double the space inthe non profit, so we'rereally excited to get morespace."THAT'S NOT THE ONLYCHANGE IN THEWORKS HERE ONMAIN STREET.RIGHT NOW..IN THEMIDDLE OF APANDEMIC..SEVENSMALL BUSINESSESARE AT VARIOUSSTAGES OFOPENING..IN A ONEMILE STRETCH."It is really inspiring andencouraging."DOWNTOWN LEADERSBELIEVE THERE'S APASSION HERE THATWILL HELP CARRYMAIN STREETTHROUGH THISPANDEMIC."We are just incrediblyinspired by the resiliencyand by the smallbusinesses who want tocarry on."BACK AT SUNRISE ONMAIN..JOHNSON ADMITS THEPANDEMIC DID GIVEHER PAUSE.."We thought, should wereally be doing this in themiddle of a pandemic?"THE MISSION GAVEHER AN ANSWER..AND SOON SHE'LLHAVE ONE NEWSPACE..FOR THOSETWOOPERATIONS..ONECOMMON GOAL."Excited to be reopeningwhen this is behind us.Hopefully soon."..MATT JARCHOW..NBC26.DOWNTOWNLEADERS SAY THEREIS HELP OUT THEREFOR BUSINESSES TOLEADERS SAY THEREIS HELP OUT THEREFOR BUSINESSES TOSTICK WITH THEIRPLANS LIKE SUNRISEON MAIN HAS DONE..THE GREATERGREEN BAY CHAMBERHAS LAUNCHED ASMALL BUSINESSRESOURCE HOTLINE..HERE'S THENUMBER..IT'S 9-2-0..4-9-6..2-1-1-6.TOPICS FORASSISTANCE RANGEFROM FEDERALPROGRAMS TOFINANCES ANDGENERAL BUSINESSADVICE.