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Allen Park, Rochester, Royal Oak downtowns win awards for thriving through COVID-19 pandemic


Allen Park, Rochester, Royal Oak downtowns win awards for thriving through COVID-19 pandemic
Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press
They beat the pandemic odds against small business.
Now they’re getting accolades along with cash prizes. In nationwide contests judging how downtowns big and small not only survived the pandemic, but even thrived through it, metro Detroit has three winners: Allen Park, Rochester and Royal Oak.
Each won for playing creative defense against the nationwide shutdown that began March 16 last year. Despite the odds, their marketing bosses found ways to encourage take-out dining and COVID-19-safe shopping.
Nationwide, traditional downtowns fared better than strip malls and shopping centers during the past year, said urban experts at the International Downtown Association in Washington, D.C. One reason is that classic downtowns gave virus-wary visitors lots of choices in a dense area. Another is that those areas felt safel ....

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'A wonderful shift in thinking': Roanoke Valley nonprofits work together to meet pandemic needs


Abby Hamilton, president and CEO of United Way of Roanoke Valley, answers a question about how Roanoke s human services nonprofits handled the COVID-19 pandemic over the last 13 months.
The worried man on the phone asked Anne Marie Green whether he could safely make himself a ham sandwich.
The call had come in on the 211 line during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under a contract with the Virginia Department of Social Services, the Council of Community Services in Roanoke runs Virginia 211, a helpline that refers callers to health and human service agencies that can meet their needs. Administrative staff, including Green, the council’s president, were personally fielding calls about COVID. ....

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