Small Businesses Need Help Rebuilding After Downtown Chicago Looting

A meditation studio, hair salon and other small businesses are picking up the pieces after they were hit hard by looting earlier this week.

Small Businesses Need Help Rebuilding After Downtown Chicago Looting
China McNeal says her entire inventory at Chicago Hair Imports Salon in the Gold Coast neighborhood got wiped out from looting on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. Courtesy of China McNeal
Small Businesses Need Help Rebuilding After Downtown Chicago Looting
China McNeal says her entire inventory at Chicago Hair Imports Salon in the Gold Coast neighborhood got wiped out from looting on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020. Courtesy of China McNeal

Small Businesses Need Help Rebuilding After Downtown Chicago Looting

A meditation studio, hair salon and other small businesses are picking up the pieces after they were hit hard by looting earlier this week.

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Small businesses weren’t spared in the widespread looting across downtown Chicago and other parts of the city Sunday night.

Reset hears from two Black female small business owners on how they plan on rebuilding in the aftermath of the looting.

GUESTS: China McNeal, celebrity hairstylist and owner of Chicago Hair Imports Salon

Florence Hardy, owner of ReJuve Rejuvenation Suites