Even as the economy reopens some businesses are forced to close for good as the pandemic drags on.
AFTER SPENDING MONTHS TRYINGTO STAY AFLOAT DURING THEPANDEMIC....MULTIPLE OWNERSANNOUNCED IN JUST THE PAST 24HOURS THEIR RESPECTIVEBUSINESSES IN MILWAUKEE WOULDBE PERMANENTLY CLOSING.MARY JOOLA SPOKE WITH ONE OF THOSEOWNERS ABOUT HER DIFFICULTDECISIONEVEN AS THE ECONOMYREOPENS...SOME BUSINESSES AREFORCED TO CLOSE FOR GOOD...ASTHE PANDEMIC DRAGS ON.FOROWNERS IT'S A DECISION FILLEDWITH EMOTION.: "The prognosiswasn't looking good forgatherings and gatherings inindoor spaces and it's reallyat the heart of what we do.THE EMPTINESS IN THIS WALKERSPOINT SPACE...IS A STARKCONTRAST FROM THE DAYS IT WASFILLED WITH MARKETS, DANCECLASSES, AND YOGA.BOTANICAGALACTICA HOSTED EVENTS GEAREDTOWARD BRINGING PEOPLE OFCOLOR TOGETHER.THENCORONAVIRUS FORCED OWNERMARIYAM NAYERI TO MAKE A TOUGHCALL.
"We didn't feel that itwas sustainable.
We had thisreally beautiful vision tohave the community flowingthrough the space and being inand out of here and that justdidn't feel tenable anymore.")It was heartbreaking." THESAME DAY MARIYAM SHARED THENEWS ON FACEBOOK...THE OWNERSOF ALE ASYLUM RIVERHOUSE ONOLD WORLD THIRD STREETANNOUNCED THEIR DECISION TOCLOSE PERMANENTLY ASWELL...CITING THE DIFFICULTIESOF TRYING TO OPERATE SAFELY INA NEIGHBORHOOD THAT RELIES ONBIG EVENTS..
"It seems everyday you can pick up the paperand find a restaurant or twothat have closed their doorsor going out of business.
Andthose are the ones that aremore obvious.
It's a littleharder to sort out the impactof companies."TIM SHEEHY ISPRESIDENT OF THE METROPOLITANMILWAUKEE ASSOCIATION OFCOMMERCE.HE SAYS IT WON'T BEUNTIL NEXT YEAR...WHEN WE HAVEA BETTER SNAPSHOT OF THECORONAVIRUS IMPACT ONBUSINESSES IN MILWAUKEE.: "Ithink the most important thingto focus on going forward isbuilding consumer confidenceand building employeeconfidence to return to theworkplace.
Those two thingswill dictate more thananything the prospects forbusinesses going forward."WHILE THEIR BRICK AND MORTARSPACE IS GONE...MARIYAM ISLOOKING TO CONTINUE HER WORKVIRTUALLY OR IN OUTDOOR SPACESBY WORKING WITH OTHERBUSINESSES.MJO TMJ4 NEWS.
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