Commissioner Jonnel Doris Talks Small Businesses as Phase I of Reopening Beckons

On May 19, as reported by Norwood News, The Center for an Urban Future published a study that showed that Norwood was one of the City’s worst-hit areas economically by the pandemic and related shutdown.   About a week earlier, on May 11, Jonnel Doris was appointed as the Commissioner for the City’s Small Business Services (SBS) department. Previously, he served as the City’s first Senior Advisor and Director of the Mayor’s Office for Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprises (M/WBE).   The commissioner gave an interview to Norwood News in which he discussed his agency’s plan to get small businesses


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