Local Business

Safer at home this week became “safer at home and in the vast, great outdoors” when COVID-19 restrictions were loosened by Gov. Jared Polis. The newest step in reopening businesses gave Longmont’s Mile-Hi Skydiving Center the opportunity to once again spread its wings.

Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday issued an executive order allowing Colorado businesses to refuse service to customers who won’t wear masks to prevent transmission of coronavirus.

The J.M. Smucker Co.’s Longmont plant, which employs more than 200 people, is taking additional steps to offer employees financial support including hardship awards and guaranteed pay and benefits in the event of a closure.

In March 2020, Covid-19 buckled the nation’s economy and caused rates of unemployment to skyrocket. At the end of February, unemployment in Longmont held steady at 2.8%. Then as businesses began to temporarily close their doors, it grew to 4.

Renters in Longmont struggle during COVID.

Social media helps local businesses during COVID-19.

Local businesses discuss challenges to reopening.

Changes are happening all over, here a few happening in Longmont.

Longmont easing out of restrictions as quickly as possible.

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