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Neighborhood businesses offering a human touch thrive in next stage of pandemic

Small business owners who talked to the Sun-Times in 2020 share how, three years later, they’ve made it to the other side.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 19, 2023

Microempresas evalúan subir precios conforme la inflación pasa factura. 'Sufren más que las corporaciones más grandes'

CHICAGO— En 2018, Reyna González compró Dulcería La Fiesta, una tienda de dulces y fiestas mexicanas en Clark Street, en el vecindario Rogers Park en Chicago. Unas tres semanas después, el edificio se incendió. "Lo perdimos todo", dijo González.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 30, 2022

Chicago small businesses weigh raising prices as inflation takes toll. ‘They feel the pain a lot more than larger corporations do’

CHICAGO — In 2018, Reyna Gonzalez bought Dulceria La Fiesta, a Mexican candy and party store on Clark Street in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. About three weeks later, the building caught fire. “We lost everything,” Gonzalez said.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 29, 2022