- July 24, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Small business owners in the Mission today celebrated their own resilience and thanked the city of San Francisco for its support throughout the pandemic. Now, they are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel, and Mayor Breed’s announcement of $4.5 million dollars in grants to over 560 small businesses offers even more reassurance.
“Thank you, we really need this in these hard times,” said Connie Rivera, the owner of Mixcoatl who has struggled to pay rent during the pandemic, but was able to survive because of a forgiving landlord.
In front of Rivera’s colorful store Mixcoatl, a family-run gift shop on 24th Street, Mayor London Breed joined Supervisor Hilary Ronen, and the director of the Office of Economic and Workforce Development to distribute four $10,000 checks – one to Mixcotl and the others to four other small Mission businesses.
“Time to enjoy the city like never before,” Breed said.
While the $10,000…
