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COVID-19: Pandemic Creates New Crop Of Customers Boosting Sales For Some Suburban Businesses COVID-19: Pandemic Creates New Crop Of Customers Boosting Sales For Some Suburban Businesses
Covid-19: Pandemic Creates New Crop Of Customers Boosting Sales For Some Suburban Businesses With all of the business closures caused by COVID-19, there may not have been anyone who predicted the pandemic could give Main Street a boost. But that’s just what people are seeing in the suburbs. More and more people stuck at home are checking out their local shops, according to a recent article in The New York Times. By some estimates, the COVID-19 pandemic and economic restrictions meant to stop the spread of the disease shuttered almost 100,000 businesses nationally. “Repeat business is particularly important for small businesses in the suburbs, and some are finding that customers …

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by Kristin Palpini
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COVID-19: CT Nearly All Red - 7 Communities See Rate Drop COVID-19: CT Nearly All Red - 7 Communities See Rate Drop
Covid-19: CT Nearly All Red - 7 Communities See Rate Drop Connecticut has become an almost entirely red state due to COVID-19. The COVID-19 rate made a lot of moves in individual communities since the state’s last report on Nov. 12. The most recent information from the state’s COVID-19 Tracker says that there are only 19 communities in the state - out of 179 - that have NOT been designated “red” to show where the threat of COVID-19 transmission is highest. The most recent data was released Wednesday, Nov. 25. In the week prior, Nov. 19, there were 157 red communities. On Nov. 12 there were 100. GETTING BETTER There are 6 communities that were …

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by Kristin Palpini