The pandemic may have broken many things, but it did not break the resolve of our people. We have been blown away by the countless stories of small business owners, artists, creatives and folks in every profession. The resilience and the ability to pivot to survive has been beyond inspiring and below we’ve shared stories of how folks have adapted their business models and ways of operating.

Karla Huff

As with all tragedies, and COVID had more than its share, if we look we can find the little gifts they leave in their wake. For me and my business, the gift was being able to be more connected to my clients. I am a talent manager for over 18 years. Typically our wonderful clients would get auditions, go in and perform for casting directors, and then we would all wait and see if they get the callback, We had confidence that they were all training with wonderful coaches but at the end of the day we could not see the results ourselves as all auditions were in person. Read more>>

Gwendolyn Hernandez

Strange enough Elevation Graphics was birthed during the height of Covid at the end of 2019. My now husband and myself thuought to take advatage of our services being a boost as most of the work is designed through emails and phone calls a meeting to drop vehicles off was the only meeting neccasary. I could work on ads and logos, wall art all things from the comfort of home. Read more>>

Kimberlee Peterson

Covid didn’t change my business model per se, but it inspired me to dive deeper into portrait photography. I had only had the camera in my hand for 8 months prior to covid. My business was brand new and focused solely on headshot photography. With the world shutting down and my work coming to a halt, I knew that I needed to find a creative outlet to keep the heart beat of my business alive. Thus my series “brokeN,” was born. Read more>>