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The 'open' sign keeping Ash Flat, ARK afloat

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ASH FLAT, AR - APRIL 1: The lawn service technician waits with his blower in front of Triple R Pawn while the doors of the shop are opened to load a furniture purchase in Ash Flat, Arkansas on April 1, 2020. (Photo by Terra Fondriest for The Washington Post).

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ASH FLAT, AR - APRIL 1: (L-R) Owner Jeremy Rowland and brother in law Steven Herring work out of the new drive-thru window at the Triple R Pawn shop in Ash Flat, Arkansas on April 1, 2020. Jeremy has spent over $1,000 to install the window in order to minimize customer contact during the Covid-19 outbreak (Photo by Terra Fondriest for The Washington Post).

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ASH FLAT, AR - APRIL 1: Steven Herring of Triple R Pawn converses with customers in the store's new drive thru setup in Ash Flat, Arkansas on April 1, 2020. The inside of the pawn shop used to be a hangout spot for locals, so customers are having to adjust to pulling up to the window to catch up on the latest news (Photo by Terra Fondriest for The Washington Post).

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ASH FLAT, AR - APRIL 1: The 'Open' sign is turned on in the front window of Triple R Pawn in Ash Flat, Arkansas on April 1, 2020. (Photo by Terra Fondriest for The Washington Post).

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ASH FLAT, AR - APRIL 1: Jeremy Rowland, owner of Triple R Pawn, holds a picture of his wife, son and him in Ash Flat, Arkansas on April 1, 2020. He has moved into his pawn shop, living away from his family for the time being to shield his immune compromised wife from him possibly transferring the virus. (Photo by Terra Fondriest for The Washington Post).

ASH FLAT, AR - APRIL 1: Jeremy Rowland, owner of Triple R Pawn, sprays Lysol on his money drawers after every other customer in Ash Flat, Arkansas on April 1, 2020. (Photo by Terra Fondriest for The Washington Post).

ASH FLAT, AR - APRIL 1: Steven Herring, employee and brother-in-law to owner Jeremy Rowland, works out of the new drive-in window at the Triple R Pawn shop selling an AR15 to a customer in Ash Flat, Arkansas on April 1, 2020. Jeremy has spent over $1,000 to install the window in order to minimize customer contact during the Covid-19 outbreak (Photo by Terra Fondriest for The Washington Post).

ASH FLAT, AR - APRIL 1: Jeremy Rowland, owner at Triple R Pawn, makes a loan transaction with a customer out his new drive thru window in Ash Flat, Arkansas on April 1, 2020. Jeremy has spent over $1,000 to install the window in order to minimize customer contact during the Covid-19 outbreak (Photo by Terra Fondriest for The Washington Post).

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ASH FLAT, AR - APRIL 1: The long gun rack at Triple R Pawn is low on stock after a surge in purchasing since the onset of Covid-19 in Ash Flat, Arkansas on April 1, 2020. (Photo by Terra Fondriest for The Washington Post).

ASH FLAT, AR - APRIL 1: Jeremy Rowland, owner of Triple R Pawn, lays in the recliner where he sleeps in Ash Flat, Arkansas on April 1, 2020. He has moved into his pawn shop, living away from his family for the time being to shield his immune compromised wife from him possibly transferring the virus. (Photo by Terra Fondriest for The Washington Post).

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ASH FLAT, AR - April 1. (Photo by Terra Fondriest for The Washington Post).

ASH FLAT, AR - APRIL 1: Steven Herring, employee at Triple R Pawn, unlocks and opens the front doors in order to take in a piece of furniture in Ash Flat, Arkansas on April 1, 2020. The store is closed to walk-in traffic since the onset of Covid-19, but the doors are opened as needed for the exchange of larger items (Photo by Terra Fondriest for The Washington Post).

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The 'open' sign keeping Ash Flat, ARK afloat

terra fondriest

Apr 13, 2020

As stimulus payments begin, a rural pawnshop keeps an already-struggling town afloat
The coronavirus unleashed an unprecedented economic crisis but in parts of the country where poverty was already a major problem, a pawnshop can make all the difference.

Terra Fondriest

Feb 5, 2020

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