St. CLOUD, Fla. — Despite the pandemic, the City of St. Cloud is seeing more businesses than before.
What You Need To Know
- About 1,800 new businesses have been registered
- The city’s goal is to promote local shopping
Before COVID-19 the City of St. Cloud had 1,500 registered businesses. But that number has gone up by 300.
Breeze in Downtown St. Cloud is a newer business that opened in January. Summer Rawson, the managing partner, said opening in the middle of a pandemic is not something they planned for but said the timing and pricing were right.
“You know, moving forward, we want to be a thriving business and we would like the opportunity to open another one in a year or so,” Rawson said.
St. Cloud’s monthly market in downtown is happening from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday. The city’s goal is to promote local shopping.
Emerging from the pandemic…
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Summer Rawson is the Managing Partner for Breeze in Downtown St. Cloud, one of the businesses that opened this year.
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