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After blessing people through car windows and laying hands on cars last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 200-plus in attendance at the 18th Blessing of the Marketplace on Wednesday at the new Destin High School agreed it was good to be back under one roof and in person.
“I think having it in-person today in a facility like this shows that the Destin community is getting back to normal,” said Shane Moody, president and CEO of the Destin Chamber of Commerce. “Even though we were open for business this time last year, locals were still concerned about big gatherings. I know we were at the chamber.
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It is a phenomenon with its roots in the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Many businesses were forced to shut down and send employees home, and the federal government began providing funds to supplement state unemployment checks.
Florida was one of the first states to reopen, and business owners eager to turn a profit and recoup losses rushed to beef up their work force and return to normalcy.
But with other states slower to open, stimulus dollars continued to flow from the U.S. Treasury. Even though federal unemployment insurance payments have been cut from $600 to $300, a Floridian who qualifies for maximum state benefits of $275 still can make $575 a week.