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.