Small businesses of every kind are struggling to stay open and weather the coronavirus pandemic. Suburban city governments are using grants and CARES Act funds to help their local businesses through this tough time.

Vicki and Steve Kotris were all set to open their unique ice cream bar, a spinoff of their Cleveland Cookie Dough, when COVID-19 delayed their opening last spring. Now, they have finally opened the doors to Remixx Ice Cream + Cereal Bar at Clifton Corners.

Members of the Democratic Socialists of America and other organizations are hitting Cleveland streets, making sure residents know their rights, and how to get assistance, when facing evictions.

COVID-19 has hit Cleveland's travel and tourism industry hard. Hotel occupancies are low and one in four employees in the industry were laid off this past summer. While the hotel industry awaits Congressional help, local museums and tourist attractions have gotten creative in their programming.

The best things in life are free, indeed, and our monthly "Free Stamp" feature rounds up all the free #CLE events that get our "stamp" of approval.

Downtown Cleveland Restaurant Week comes early this year—next week, in fact—as the Downtown Cleveland Alliance moves the annual winter event into fall to spark safe dining out (or curbside pickup or delivery) at city restaurants.

Even during the coronavirus pandemic, Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation looks out for its small businesses. Thanks to grants offered by OBCDC, Old Brooklyn Cheese and Coffee, Coffee, Coffee have been able to pivot and thrive during tough times.

With about 1,000 students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District either living in homeless shelters or with relatives, Project ACT makes sure those students can continue in their current schools while also providing both technology and personal support during the uncertainties of the pandemic. 

The Detroit Shoreway's Fast Forward Fund, established in June to help small businesses in the Gordon Square Arts District, has now raised more than $55,000 and helped 19 businesses.

The pandemic may make it impossible for most houses of worship to congregate in-person, but institutions find their missions and prayers extend beyond the sanctuary walls. 

Just like most of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland's inner-ring suburbs are expecting a wave of potential evictions and foreclosures because of the coronavirus. But officials are trying to provide assistance wherever they can in Shaker Heights and South Euclid.

Cleveland is lagging in responses to the 2020 U.S. Census, so community groups are taking some creative measures to encourage traditionally hard-to-reach groups to be counted—and it's working.

Tom Sarago founded Trialogue to pair nonprofit organizations with freelancers who can fill contract job needs.

As Parma small businesses began to suffer in the pandemic, Polish Village Parma stepped in this summer to organize a COVID-19 cash mob—offering raffle tickets for every $10 spent in neighborhood stores.

Almost 100 Ohio music venues and nonprofit stages are fighting to keep their doors open during the pandemic. Today is Ohio Day of Action, when organizers are asking everyone to write Congress and urge passage of the Save our Stages Act to help these venues make it through tough times. 

Need a job? Check out the latest edition of FreshWater Cleveland's “Who’s Hiring” series, where we feature growing companies with open positions, what they’re looking for, and how to apply.

Amazon's three new delivery stations to facilitate the "last mile" in the delivery process will mean hundreds of jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities for Northeast Ohioans.