One block in Denver’s COVID economy: The largely Latinx Westwood got help late in the pandemic, but businesses are holding strong
… Padilla and Cintron were two of ten business owners we spoke to along Morrison, on the block between Meade Street and Custer Place that’s at the heart of Westwood’s Mexican cultural district. We’re trying to understand how people who make their livelihoods in Denver have fared over the last year…
All six businesses on Welton Street, which we profiled last week, received some sort of loan or grant in the worst of the pandemic. But the story was a little different on Morrison Road. Four of the ten people we spoke to said they did not receive emergency support, and many of them told us access was an issue in this area dense with Latinx-owned businesses.