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Dawn W. commenting on our webinar, FIRST — NEXT — LATER: Safeguarding Small Business During the Pandemic, featuring Kennedy Smith of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, one of the nation’s foremost experts on commercial district revitalization and business development. Dawn serves as Vice President of the Goshen Housing Trust, and Goshen Business Circle, Director at large.