small business

A new chapter is being written about independent bookshops that could be titled “Independent Bookstores are Thriving…and Growing in Northeast Ohio.”

Bounce Innovation Hub is making changes to its GROW program, which provides support for women and minority small business owners.

Da'Shika Street, owner of Street Craftery, removed the protective plywood covering her storefront window Tuesday, one of the first downtown businesses to do so. Her DIY craft store opened July 1, but she closed the following day due to tense protests over the death of Jayland Walker.

A historic building in the heart of downtown Massillon is undergoing renovations and will open as a record shop called Erie St. Vinyl this summer. Samantha Heaton talks about getting in the music business in the waning days of the pandemic, and the independent labels and local artists she's working with to fill the shelves.

Erie St. Vinyl will open in a historic building in the heart of downtown this summer.

Nearly every health restriction, including mask mandate will be lifted in Ohio in the next three weeks; Gov. Mike DeWine has rolled out incentives including a weekly $1 million lottery prize and drawings for full college scholarships to encourage people to get vaccinated; the Summit County Health Department is getting ready to administer COVID-19 vaccines to kids ages 12-15; and more stories.

The new coverage is being added to homeowners insurance policies.

Help covering rent and mortgage payments is coming to small businesses in Mentor under a new grant program designed to help reopen the local economy. The Mentor Small Business Restart Program is focusing on small, local storefronts that had no opportunity to collect revenue during the shutdown, said Mentor’s Director of Economic Development and International Trade Kevin Malecek.

Congress is working on the next stimulus package to help the economy weather the coronavirus pandemic. One of the largest pieces of the package is…

Gov. Mike DeWine said he wants lawmakers to erase a change made to a small business tax deduction that allows many sole proprietorships, partnerships and…