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Business on the 60th Street shopping corridor in West Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Adam Mustafa, born and raised in Philadelphia, has never been the type of person to ask for help when it comes to his business, Mobile Electronics.
But between the COVID-19 pandemic and two rounds of looting amid global protests for racial justice, Mustafa realized last year that an outside boost was exactly what he needed.
If it weren’t for ACHIEVEability, an organization that serves the 60th Street Corridor where his business is located, he wouldn’t have known or had the assistance to apply for $5,000 in CARES funding in May and a $14,000 Restore Reopen fund in June a financial lift he said inspired him to keep fighting for the electronic store he opened four years ago.