Road To Economic Recovery Grows Longer For Pennsylvania Business Owners

Chantee Lans reports.

SHOULD REMAIN IN PLACE DURINGTHE ENTIRE REOPENING PROCESS.FOR MANY BUSINESS OWNERSNO TIME LINE FOR REOPENING INPENNSYLVANIA MEANS THE ROAD TOECONOMIC RECOVERY HAS BEENLONG AND KEEPS GETTING LONGER."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTERCHANTEE LANS HAS MORE ON HOWSOME BUSINESS OWNERS AREDEALING WITH THE UNCERTAINTYREPORT REPORT SOUTH STREET ONA FRIDAY AFTERNOON IS NORMALLYBUSTLING WITH PEOPLE BUTINSTEAD SIDEWALKS EMPTY ANDSTOREFRONTS ARE CLOSED, AND ISPOKE WITH ONE BUSINESS OWNSHORE DESCRIBED WHAT HIS LIFEIS LIKE WITHOUT HISLIVELIHOOD.RIGHT NEW WE REALLY MISSTHE CLIENTS COMING IN ANDPERSONALITIES AND CHARACTERSAND STUFF.REPORTER: CHRIS CAHILLOPENED UP ON HISTORIC SOUTHSTREET FIVE YEARS AGO, SHOPLOCATED BETWEEN 15TH AND 16THSTREET HAS FIVE EMPLOYEES, ANDTHREE STYLING CHAIRS BUT THATIS FIVE WEEKS HAVE BEENANYTHING BUT EASY FOR THENORTHWEST PHILADELPHIA NATIVE.AS HE AND DOZENS OF SOUTHSTREET BUSINESS OWNERS HAD TOTEMPORARILY CLOSE-UP SHOP DUETO COVID-19.FINANCIALLY IT IS JUST LIKEYOU DON'T REALIZE UNTIL YOUARE NOT WORKING HOW QUICKLYYOU HAVE EMERGENCY MONEY ANDWHAT NOT AND IT DWINDLES FASTBECAUSE NO REVENUE COMING IN.REPORTER: YESTERDAYPRESIDENT TRUMP REVISITED HISTHREE PHASE PLAN CALLEDOPENING UP AMERICA GANNON ACALLING ON NATION'S GOVERNOR.HOWEVER HE SAID IT IS ULTIMATELIZ UP TO THE GOVERNORS ON HOWTO PROCEED W30000 COVID-19CASES AND 900 DEATHS INPENNSYLVANIA, BOTH GOVERNORTOM WOLF AND PHILADELPHIA'SMAYOR JIM KENNEY SAYS SAFETYIS A PRIORITY.GOVERNORS OF PENNSYLVANIA, NEWJERSEY, DELAWARE AND NEW YORKARE WORKING TOGETHER TOEVENTUALLY REOPEN IN PHASES.GOVERNOR WOLF SAYS HISADMINISTRATION WILL WORK WITHECONOMIC AND PUBLIC HEALTHEXPERTS TO DETERMINE WHEN ITIS SAFE TO REOPEN AFTERCOMMONWEALTH'S UNEMPLOYMENTRATE CLIMBED LAST IN TO THEHIGHEST POINT SINCE 2014,CAHILL SAYS HE IS RED TOY GETHIS EMPLOYEES BACK TO WORK.WE'RE PREPARED.WE NORMALLY DON'T HAVE ANYMORE THAN 10 PEOPLE IN THESHOP AT ONE TIME ANYWAY, WITHTHREE CHAIRS AND THREE STYLESTHAT IS SIX RIGHT THERE ANDCOUPLE PEOPLE WAITING.REPORTER: THAT BARBER SHOPOWNER IS AN ARTIST AND HOSTINGAN AUCTION TO HELP PAY HISBILLS AND HIS EMPLOYEES.FOR INFORMATION TO THAT LINCJUST HEAD TO OUR WEBSITE ATCBS PHILLY.COM.