• National City entrepreneurs struggle to keep business afloat during COVID-19 pandemic (with podcast)
• Restaurant owner taps his network for help to survive pandemic
• Family-owned advertising and marketing business finds ways to survive during the pandemic
• Barbershop owner continues his business on his own
• Tortilleria struggles to keep up with declining sales during COVID-19 pandemic
• National City market uses social media, delivery services to survive the pandemic
• National City entrepreneur balances two different businesses during the pandemic

• Empresarios en National City batallan para mantener negocios durante la pandemia de COVID-19 (con podcast)
• Dueño de restaurante se apoya en conecciones para sobrevivir la pandemia
• Agencia de anuncios y marketing familiar encuentra maneras de sobrevivir durante la pandemia
• Barbero continúa su negocio solo
• Tortilleria batalla con bajas ventas durante la pandemia de COVID-19
• Mercado en National City usa redes sociales, entrega a domicilio para sobrevivir la pandemia
• Empresario en National City balancea dos negocios diferentes durante la pandemia

Highland Avenue consists mostly of small businesses. The 1.5-mile stretch serves as National City’s downtown, starting on Division Street to the north and running all the way down south to the Sweetwater River at the city’s border with Chula Vista.

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