Friday, governor Tate reeves allowed non essential businesses to offer curbside service.
Business owners are finally catching a small break during this pandemic... governor tate reeves is allowing non essential businesses to offer curbside service... wtva's sydney darden spoke with two business owners about how the new rules are helping them get back on their feet.... std."
Nats camera shutters and footage of flowers funeral arrangements...a n essential part of grief and a lagre part in keeping shops like bishops flower shop afloat in a pandemic.
Sot- brenda shumpert, bishop's flower shop owner- "we actually went down to maybe 30 percent."
Owner brenda shumpert says the coronavirus forced her to close the shop to the public but still allowed her to provide flowers for funeral homes nats "these are hydrangeas.
These are one of the new comers that we are going to have this year."
But now with restrictions on non-essential businesses relaxing, shumpert is now able to offer curbside service.
She' set up pick up table out side but is still taking every precaution to stay safe.
Sot- brenda shumpert "we clean our money.
No one is allowed to touch that money.
We do all of the contact behind the glass doors."
And while the long standing shop has enough business to start easing back on it's feet not too far away in mantachie... sot anna-clark prestage, ivy rose flower shop, owner - "i completely closed my store front."
New shop owner anna-clark prestage quit her job as a nurse and opened ivy rose flower shop in february before the pandemic started.
Sot anna-clark prestage- "it felt best to shut the doors as we are not an essential business.
A budding shop owner herself, and a one woman show she didn't have time build her clientele and hope curbside deliveries will help get the everything back on track sot- anna-clark prestage- "i do think it will bring people back.
People need flowers planting seeds of positivity, hoping one day to harvest the rewards of perseverance sot- anna-clark prestage- "i knew in my mind that god is going to take care of this and that we are going to be just fine.
In tupelo, sydney darden wtva 9 news bishops flower shop had already started curbside delivery.... bishops flower shop had already started curbside delivery.... prestage plans to start offering curbside services on monday....
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