'Keep calm and play on': Businesses perform the COVID-19 shuffle

CLIENT: CHAPEL STREET PRECINCT ASSOCIATION

OUTLET: THE AGE

Martha Tsamis is the owner of storied Chapel Street nightclubs Inflation and Chasers. If you told Martha Tsamis a month ago that she would be overseeing the distribution of hundreds of thousands of surgical masks and packs of hand sanitiser, she wou…

Martha Tsamis is the owner of storied Chapel Street nightclubs Inflation and Chasers. If you told Martha Tsamis a month ago that she would be overseeing the distribution of hundreds of thousands of surgical masks and packs of hand sanitiser, she would have given you a peculiar look.

Chapel Street Precinct general manager Chrissie Maus calls it making lemonade when life deals you lemons. “Our iconic precinct and businesses have been devastated but even with the adversity they have been up to the challenge to survive and have quickly pivoted their businesses in creative ways,” she says.