A host of Berkeley makers and bakers are nourishing locals and protecting minds and bodies from the impacts of COVID-19.
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Berkeley childcare providers find solutions, enable human interaction in time of isolation
Local childcare providers have risen to the challenge of looking after their charges during the pandemic. They have even found silver linings amid the heightened restrictions.
Black-owned businesses in Berkeley demonstrate the city’s economic resilience
The stories of three Black enterprises demonstrate Berkeley’s economic diversity and ingenuity of its entrepreneurs, even amidst a pandemic.
Small Business Week may be postponed, but Berkeley businesses keep innovating
Sponsored: Berkeley businesses are finding new ways to deliver value to the community – and society at large – in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Berkeley business innovations enable residents to spoil themselves while sheltering
Sponsored: Some of Berkeley’s small businesses are devising new products, services to survive through the pandemic.
Alchemy Collective empowers its baristas with ownership, quality coffee
Sponsored: Alchemy is growing an innovative worker-owned café business that’s buzzing with community energy in the Lorin District.
All Power Labs: Using the spirit of Burning Man to address climate change
[Sponsored] Berkeley-based All Power Labs makes machines that generate carbon-negative energy from agriculture waste materials.
Urban Ore pushes for zero waste by finding treasures in trash
[Sponsored] West Berkeley-based Urban Ore is a treasure trove of unique upcycled gifts with interesting backstories.
ACCI Gallery molds connection between artists and their community
[Sponsored] ACCI, an artist-run co-op offering hand made objects by skilled local artisans, provides a great alternative to big box retail and online shopping for the holidays.
Breaking the sound barrier in West Berkeley with precision manufacturing
[Sponsored] At its large West Berkeley complex of buildings, Meyer Sound manufactures precision products that are used at venues large and small around the world.
Berkeley’s Gather, more than just a place to meet
[Sponsored] Gather is helping to expand the farm-to-table movement by weaving together fine dining, hyperlocal ingredients and a focus on social enterprise.
Metro Lighting upcycles for illumination
[Sponsored] West Berkeley-based Metro Lighting makes its products on site, often from salvaged items.