The pandemic hit Arkansas small businesses hard. Some are coming back from the brink
Three different businesses found a way to adapt, survive and maybe even thrive after the virus took hold of Arkansas. Author: Rolly Hoyt Updated: 8:35 AM CST February 23, 2021
HOT SPRINGS, Arkansas A year into a viral pandemic that created 100,000 unemployed Arkansans in just six week s time, taking stock of three businesses in the state shows how adapting to the new environment helped them survive and possibly even thrive. I ve never seen anything like this. Obviously, it was a very, very scary time, said Vince Signorelli, the president of Tanners Sports, a baseball equipment maker that faced a spring with no baseball. A lot of unknowns as we walked into April.