THREAD: Small business owners in Ann Arbor, Michigan, are experiencing a mix of hope and anxiety as they wait for University of Michigan students to start classes next week.http://apne.ws/S81slSK
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Across the country, business owners in college towns share the fear that student support could dry up almost entirely, and many are scrambling for survival strategies.pic.twitter.com/2AYFm2BcAa
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Espresso Royale, a once-successful coffee shop on South University, has already gone out of business. Its windows are covered with brown paper.pic.twitter.com/3NJUkzBX5P
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Perry Porikos, a former Michigan soccer player, started out washing dishes at the Brown Jug restaurant, which he now owns, along with several other businesses, including a nightclub. He’s not sure if they’ll all be able to reopen.pic.twitter.com/ajriAqAemr
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Some colleges that had planned to provide at least some in-person instruction have had to reverse course and move classes online amid outbreaks, and business owners in Ann Arbor remain concerned the same thing could happen there.http://apne.ws/RYAx9SP
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