jesus_chen

jesus_chen t1_iw80wz0 wrote

You are spot on with the Agora mention. Prior to 2020, there were about 1,500 Agora employees in Mt. Vernon that ate out for lunch mostly due to the awkward arrangement of the re-purposed classic MV buildings most Agora subsidiary companies occupy + an abundance of options. They key here being "lunch"; after 5PM, those 1,500 folks left MV for the surrounding counties or Fells/Canton/Fed Hill. The pandemic saw a drastic reduction in Agora employee presence, obviously, that impacted those lunch numbers (City Cafe was one of the first to go), and a reduction in the Agora workforce post-pandemic is not bringing any of those places back.

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