- June 16, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Little more than a year ago, the murder of George Floyd by former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin sent shockwaves around the world, and along Philadelphia’s business corridors. West Philadelphia, especially 52nd Street, erupted in protests and vandalism against businesses that only temporarily subsided before Walter Wallace Jr. was killed by local police in October 2020.
For West Philadelphia Corridor Collaborative President Jabari Jones, the work in helping restore local business owners’ peace of mind and properties has been a steady climb.
“A lot of our commercial corridors have just started to come back,” he told Technical.ly. “Vaccination rates have started to rise in the city, so people feel comfortable going back to shopping. Businesses feel comfortable about the social climate in the country right now and that helps them expand more.”
According to Jones, the verdict of the Chauvin trial resonated with West Philadelphia business…
