Charlene Bisson, AZ Group Publisher, Independent Newsmedia, Phoenix, Ariz., after launching "What's Open" on her sites. She actually launched the app without any listings and planned to put in a few sample listings but four businesses had signed up before she had a chance. She had more than 100 businesses signed up within her first two days.
Creative Circle create the app in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to help newspapers deal with the flood of information about what businesses were closed or open during waves of shutdowns.
