In this episode of Commerce in a Time of Covid, Heidi has a heart-to-heart conversation with MyLinh Nguyen, Owner of Gloss Spa in Melrose Massachusetts. There are so many valuable lessons to be learned from the tough times we're going through, and MyLinh really gets to the core of what's important in life!

How we've connected during this pandemic has often required flexibility and patience and some ingenuity. Amanda Bruno, the owner of the Melrose Dance Academy has been teaching, connecting to and holding together her school's community during a time when connecting and togetherness has been challenging. Amanda talks about some of her experiences through the Covid lockdown.

As a small, family-run restaurant faces the challenges that pandemic life has created for businesses, adaptation is the name of the game. Charlotte Osgood of Cappa's Trackside Restaurant discusses the new ways Cappa's is making food and providing meals for a community in lockdown.

Rada Frohlichstein of Rada Boutique in Melrose and Wakefield Massachusetts talks with Shop Vocal's Heidi Barraza about how she's adapted and found ways to prosper in this difficult time of the Covid pandemic. She's innovated ways to continue to run a boutique fashion business in a time when no one can enter a shop to buy clothing. A true accomplishment! 

Shop Vocal's Heidi Barraza talks with Sandy of Fringe on Main in Wakefield, Massachusetts. The Coronavirus pandemic has had a huge effect on businesses all over the place. Small businesses have had to find creative ways to keep the doors open when they can't literally keep the doors open. Sandy shares some of her creative solutions to these unique circumstances.