Biden highlights Black-owned businesses during trip to Chester — WHYY
By Edith Blackwell is the owner of Edie’s Boutique in Chester, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) After passage of a $1.9 trillion stimulus package, the first major legislative victory for President Joe Biden, he headed to one of the places that helped get him into office: southeastern Pennsylvania. Specifically, he came to Chester to visit Smith Flooring, a Black-owned business with a unionized workforce that received Paycheck Protection Program loans earlier in the pandemic and will qualify for additional benefits under the newly passed federal stimulus, including a tax credit designed for emplo...
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