The COVID-19 pandemic has created a range of new challenges for small businesses in Kodiak. For many, with most of the community hunkered down at home, sales have been hit hard. “Initially, basically 50 percent of our sales disappeared overnight,” Dan Rohrer, owner of the two Subway restaurants in town, said. “Now, I think last week, [the] downtown store was …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Uptown Shop the Rock and Kodiak Teen Court
Coming up on today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches chats with two of the business owners behind this weekend’s Uptown Shop the Rock. The festival will focus on businesses along Mill Bay Road from the Kodiak Island Smokehouse to Cost Savers. Sarah Culbertson from the Frame Shop and Alex Turner from Alexandra’s Salon join. Then, Kodiak Teen Court …
Read More »Event Encourages Shopping Local
Clothing rack. (Photo bysgarcia / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A two-day event this weekend will help support the local businesses along Mill Bay road. Uptown Shop the Rock will include food trucks, live music, and art. Participants also hope it’ll attract members of the public who’ve never visited their shops before. Every year, local businesses face more and more competition from …
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