Small businesses gain expressed alarm at the state’s pledge to raise its rate over six years to the highest in the country but advocates say the move falls shortOn any given street in central Portland,small quirky shops offer something for everyone – craft beer, cupcakes, or vintage frocks,crafting, perhaps? For Portlanders, or it’s what gives the city its anti-establishment,anti-franchise identity. It’s proved fertile comedic territory for the Portlandia TV series, but it’s also given small trade owners a proper sense of pride in their grassroots capitalism.
Now some are worried about the future.
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Source: theguardian.com