Local businesses form collaborative pop-up post-pandemic

ITHACA, N.Y. –– As businesses, both local and national have struggled to recoup post-pandemic, local developer Lincoln Morse has coordinated a new endeavor to give a few local business owners a boost. As part of his long-term goal to develop a mixed-use project on the Ithaca waterfront known as “WaterWorks,” Morse has put together a 4 business pop-up out of the old bus station on West Seneca Road on the West End of Ithaca. The pop-up features recreation, retail, and food by Paddledocks, Coal Yard Cafe, Darling Cake and Driphouse.

Each of these businesses, three of which are solely woman-owned, not only survived the pandemic but are coming out on the other side new and improved.

“This is (the collaboration) just to say hey, here are these small businesses that are either expanding or creating [something] new in Ithaca. We just want you to know we’re coming,” Morse said. 

The pop-up has been up and running as of Memorial Day…

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