What Jenise Rodriguez had to offer wasn’t considered essential, but it was something her clients couldn’t get anywhere else, judging by how they returned when she reopened her spa in 2020.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Rodriguez, a skin care professional based in Logan Square, was preparing to move her small business to a bigger location, but instead the state’s stay-at-home order left her scrambling to pay rent at her original space on West Fullerton Avenue.
