Antioch to Help Businesses Impacted by COVID Pandemic

For many businesses the pandemic is still something they need to recover from.

The city of Antioch is providing help to local businesses still struggling to get back on their feet.

Kirkland Smith is the owner of Solid Rock Café in Antioch. Like many restaurants during the pandemic, the shutdowns due to COVID surges hurt the bottom line for Smith’s Business.

Even though COVID mandates are a thing of the past, revenue is still down for the business compared to before the pandemic.

“Our revenue went down probably at the apex around 50%, and we’re down about 30% now,” Smith said.

While Smith wasn’t forced to close down his

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