Support San Francisco Small Businesses

Support San Francisco Small Businesses
By Sophia Scherr

As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to impact communities across the country and here in San Francisco, the San Francisco Council of District Merchants Associations (SFCDMA) is asking for your help in supporting small businesses and the people they employ during this unprecedented time.

What can you do to support your favorite San Francisco small businesses? The SFCDMA asks that you consider donating and sharing a recently-launched  GoFund me campaign with at least two other contacts to, encourage further online donations.

With the mandatory shelter in place order still in effect and the potential for it to be extended, local merchants such as your favorite clothing store, bar, café, restaurant, hair salon, gym or spa, are all entering a period of concern and jeopardy.

Donations will be passed directly to the SFCDMA member associations (see below) and will be distributed amongst the small businesses most in need. 100% of funds received will go to the neighborhoods listed. SFCDMA will pay all administrative fees. 

MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION MEMBERS:

Balboa Village Merchants Association
Bayview Merchants Association
Castro Merchants
Chinatown Merchants Association
Clement St. Merchants Association
Divisadero Merchants Association           
Dogpatch Business Association
Excelsior Outer Mission Merchants
Fillmore Merchants Association
Fisherman’s Wharf Merchants Association
Glen Park Merchants Association
Golden Gate Restaurant Association
Greater Geary Boulevard Merchants & Property Owners Association
Haight Ashbury Merchants Association
Hayes Valley Neighborhood Association Merchant Group
Ingleside Merchants Association
Inner Sunset Merchants Association
Japantown Merchants Association
Larkin Street Merchants Association
Lower Haight Merchants & Neighbors Association
Marina Merchants Association
Mission Merchants Association
Noe Valley Merchants Association
North Beach Business Association
North East Mission Business Assn.
People of Parkside Sunset
Polk District Merchants Association
Potrero Dogpatch Merchants Association
Sacramento St. Merchants Association
South of Market Business Association
The Outer Sunset Merchant & Professional Association
Union Street Association
Valencia Corridor Merchants Association
West Portal Merchants Association

Together, we can support and donate to San Francisco small businesses to help sustain these neighborhood merchant associations through these uncertain times. As a community, we can help to ensure that they and their employees emerge from this crisis to serve not only their customers but the communities that they love and operate in.

Published March 31, 2020 at 08:31PM
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