The Working World: Princeton’s Business Climate Today
ISSUE #7 – September 15, 2020
Editor’s Note
If you drive through downtown Princeton lately, people are out and about. There may not be as many as there used to be, but it’s not the abandoned wasteland it was in the spring. Diners are enjoying food in make-shift areas outside their favorite restaurants and shoppers are picking up their needs inside open retailers. But are they eating and shopping enough to make up for the turbulent road these businesses have been on since March?
To help our community understand what it is like to own a local business these days, we reached out to several area business organizations and owners. We know sudden closures and physical restrictions on brick-and mortar businesses threw many for a loop, so we wanted to know how they’ve adapted to the times. Some had to lay off or furlough workers, which made the pandemic even tougher. In our September issue of Princeton Perspectives The Working World: Princeton’s Business Climate Today we delve deep into all of these workforce issues. Read more…
In This Issue
- The Pulse of Princeton: What are people doing to support local businesses?
- COVID Effects: Princeton’s Current Business Climate
- Princeton’s Employment Status During COVID – How to Find a Job Today
- Local Businesses Find Stability Through Bouts of Success
- Close-up: Adaptations Help Café Turn Adversity into Blessing
Perspectives Revisited
The Pulse of Princeton:
What are people doing to support local businesses?
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- COVID Effects: Princeton’s Current Business Climate - Filled with a large variety of local businesses and a vibrant downtown district, Princeton, NJ’s business climate has been greatly affected by the past six months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since Executive… Read more...
- Princeton’s Employment Status During COVID – How to Find a Job Today - With all the doom and gloom in the media about the economy, it is easy to think there is no hope to find work. That is the furthest thing from the truth.… Read more...
- Local Businesses Find Stability Through Bouts of Success - It has been a difficult time to own and run a business – for many! While some saw business stop or drop off with the arrival of COVID-19 and are struggling to… Read more...
- Close-up: Adaptations Help Café Turn Adversity into Blessing - When the lockdown happened in March this year, Omar Delgado had a hard decision to make: whether to keep his Say Cheez Café open or close it. Practically all of the Princeton… Read more...