Connections: How the coronavirus pandemic is affecting small businesses

We continue our series of conversations about the impact of the coronavirus. This hour, we talk to local small business owners about their concerns. Some have temporarily shut down their operations, others are cancelling their events and weighing their options. They’re expressing frustrations and fear about economic pain and the path going forward.

We talk with them about the difficult decisions they have to make, and what they’d like to see in terms of policies and relief from different levels of government. Our guests:

• Danielle Ponder, local musician
• Danielle Raymo, owner of the Rochester Brainery
• Brian Van Etten, owner of The Playhouse//Swillburger
• Ellen Brenner, owner, CFO, and vice president of Fleet FeetRochester and Buffalo, and YellowJacket Racing