Larry High tried everything he could. The 72-year-old owner of Bear’s Barber Shop applied for a grant to help keep his business alive.
He has not received any help, he said. But he has continued to receive bills.
With each passing week, High worried more about losing the business he owned for more than a half century.
“Something has to give,” High said. “They have to give us some money to survive or they have to let us reopen our doors.”
High believes there is a safe way to open businesses like his during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. He could limit the number of customers in the shop at a given time. The barbers could wear masks. He could run only a few of the five chairs in his Alton Park shop.