And when I say we, I mean, the Palouse, Pullman, Moscow, the small communities around here, because we do care so much.”Īnd Dymkoski said it’s important that businesses change their models to meet the community's current needs. “ I'm an optimist, and so I really believe that we're going to get through this whole. “I also think it's permanently changing the face of all communities and how we interact with each other and what the region's businesses are going to look like going forward,” Dymkoski said. Another business owner closed her coffee shop and a coffee drive-thru that largely depended on students, Dymkoski said, although the owner still has two other coffee drive-thrus that survived. But after the owner found out in March that classes would remain online, he put the bar and grill up for sale, she said. One bar and grill, The Lumberyard, shuttered when the stay-at-home order required nonessential businesses to close, Dymkoski said. Although they come from all over, they consider WSU and Pullman their home, she said. Marie Dymkoski, executive director of the Pullman Chamber and Visitor Center, estimates that 60% to 70% of WSU students have returned to Pullman to live this fall. I would never have met my wife if it wasn’t for Cougar football Saturday,” Poston said. “Those experiences are what made me who I am. Closing his physical store on campus and going online means he and his clientele are missing out on the college experience that made him fall in love with WSU, Poston said. Poston, owner of College Hill Custom Threads, named after a student neighborhood, said it’s not only his business and the city that have changed the fallout from COVID-19 has impacted his personal life, as well. With WSU classes going online, on-campus housing severely restricted at 15% capacity and all football games canceled, the face of Pullman has completely changed. The same is true for many of the small college towns whose identities are found as much in downtown districts as in mascots and school colors. Jay Inslee’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” order was only half the shutdown. The Coug has plastic sheeting up inside to separate the customers.įor Pullman, Gov. ![]() Poston’s physical store, while still selling online, is permanently closed. ![]() No RVs line the streets or fill the parking lots. ![]() Now, Martin Stadium, with a capacity of almost 33,000, sits empty and silent.
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