Business as unusual
How some of Colorado's hardest hit sectors are faring after a year of COVID
Brittney Rae Reese, right, coaches a client in the before times at her gym, Fit & Nu, which she owns with her sister in Aurora. The pandemic forced the women to move their fitness and wellness classes online, and now they must decide whether or not to return to their 2,500-foot gym./ Photo courtesy Brittney Rae Reese.
Michelle P. Fulcher / Colorado Public Radio
- 04/01/2021
The economic toll of the coronavirus can be told in numbers. Colorado lost about 376,000 jobs in the first three months of the pandemic and is still down about 160,000, according to Brian Lewandowski, executive director of the business research division at the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business.