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When you walk into Lee’s Flower and Card Shop along U Street in Northwest D.C., you immediately get smacked in the face with the unique and delightful smell of fresh flowers.
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One of the original owners of Lee s Flower Shop Winifred Lee.
The onset of the virus threatened that storied history.
Stacie said they had to lay off 80% of their staff in March 2020.with demand only mounting to a maximum of 10 deliveries a day.
She and Kristie took turns manning the shop and alternated between two drivers to try to keep everyone safe.
Come May, however, Stacie said the industry took a turn for the better as businesses and society began to start re-opening. In the next few months, they would be making more than 50 deliveries daily. Since then, we’ve had to hire more people to keep up with the volume, and we feel that’s such a blessing, Stacie said.