As our state starts talking about reopening, we need to stop a moment and consider what that means. What will reopening bring? What will our new business environment look like?
The Online Shift
Up to now, the move of business online has been mostly evolutionary, but current events have made it a survival tool. The post-COVID world will be different. We will surely face new challenges in how we adapt and overcome.
Adapt and Overcome
Our local and county chambers predict that 30 percent of our local businesses will not survive. These are just some of the questions we face.
– What types of business will be left?
– How strongly will tourism come back?
– How will new health rules affect our incomes? More space means fewer tables, and fewer tables means less money.
– How are we going to handle the shortages of food and supplies to come?
– How are we going to handle sports without crowds? Concerts without crowds?
– How will a possible second round of Covid in the fall affect holiday sales?
We all know this will end, for lack of a better word. And we know life will be completely different when it does. Together we can do this—adapt and overcome! How we meet these challenges today will not only define us, it will define humanity from this point forward.
We all have questions let’s face them together
Chris
