Rebecca Moon in her downtown Colorado Springs clothing boutique on Feb. 10, 2021.
Owning a business is never easy, but during the pandemic, it has proven impossible for many Colorado businesses to stay afloat. Many have closed, temporarily or permanently. The uncertainty of where the COVID-19 pandemic will lead next has meant loads of uncertainty for people planning for their businesses futures.
In Colorado Springs, local help from other businesses and groups has sprung up to help keep the doors of their fellow firms open.
“I’m very much a planner. I’m a 10-year-plan kind of person, and it’s just impossible to do that,” said Rebecca Moon, owner of Moonbeam Clothiers, a boutique in Colorado Springs.
Rebecca Moon, owner of Moonbeam Clothiers, works at the back of her clothing store, doing alterations on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Moon always knew she wanted to have a business downtown and she wanted a neon moon sign. She got both of those things, but unfortunately the opening of her store, coincided with the beginning of the pandemic. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE