Supporting Main Street and Small Business Recovery - Patronicity and Bench Consulting

"Together, we can come out of this crisis stronger than ever!"

In March, COVID-19 impacted our lives in ways we could never have imagined. Businesses were shuttered, schools emptied and our public places became vacant and eerie. The pandemic also highlighted the deep chasm of inequity in our nation.

More than ever, we realize the importance of our neighborhoods, our public places and our resiliency.

At Patronicity we opened access to our crowdfunding platform to help neighbors support their small business community. We worked with granting partners to create agile #crowdgranting programs to quickly infuse cashflow to small businesses, and we launched Bench Places to help communities design and plan safer and more accessible main streets.