Rebecca Morgan, center, opened a new business during the COVID-19 pandemic, a pet store called A Paw Place, in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, where she is seen with employees Kyle Hayward, left, and Andrea Goldberg, right, on March 10, 2021. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune)
The COVID-19 pandemic devastated many small businesses. It also sparked a surge in new ones. ‘I just felt like this was the time.’
