Athena Ankrah

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Small businesses thankful for Valley Metro grant program

Four months after the city of Phoenix and Valley Metro launched the Small Business Financial Assistance Program (SBFAP), local business owners in downtown Phoenix say they appreciate the boost. The one-year pilot program provides direct financial assistance to...

Looking for work? Check out these seven downtown internship opportunities

The pandemic is not over yet, and many internships are being offered remotely as a result. That doesn’t make the job search any less difficult, though. Many students find themselves in need of a paying gig but...

Phoenix Librarians’ early literacy virtual program survives pre-K bootcamp cancellation

A running total of about 12,000 books have been shipped out to families in Phoenix to support online pre-kindergarten learning in a new and engaging way. In a presentation she named ‘Making Lemonade in a Pandemic’, the Library...

Orpheum Theatre reopens as COVID-safe movie theater

The historic Orpheum Theatre is a century-old building that glows with an aura of elegance and majesty. Crowds dressed to the nines on grand staircases and row after row of gleeful patrons in a packed house were...

This popular downtown Mexican cafe is reopening its newest location

The drive to Tres Leches Cafe on Van Buren draws attention by the abrupt change in landscape; clustered skyscrapers in downtown immediately give way to small businesses. These small businesses continue to recover from the COVID-19 lockdowns. Yelp...