Pandemic Forces Thousands of Bay Area Businesses to Close for Good

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🗓️ 13 August 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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By now, people are becoming used to seeing social media posts and articles about their favorite businesses closing for good. Thousands of beloved Bay Area enterprises from restaurants and boutiques to independent movie theaters and corner stores have shut down during the coronavirus pandemic. Some owners thought they could ride out shelter-in-place orders, but no longer see a viable future or couldn’t afford carrying costs. The end of a business often spells the end of a dream, a community, years of hard work, and livelihoods of owners and workers. We’ll hear the stories of Bay Area business owners and how this wave of closures could reshape the region’s economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:45.1	Welcome to Forum. Storefronts across the Bay Area have been bordered up since March after shelter and place orders set in. Now months into the coronavirus pandemic, online review site Yelp found that the Bay Area has among the most coronavirus closures in the nation and that at least 2,000 local businesses have permanently shut down. Many business owners have watched their revenues plummet and can no
1:50.4	longer see a near or long-term future for their businesses. We'll hear their stories and discuss the
1:55.9	impact those closures have had on owners, workers, their communities, and the region's economy.
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