{"id":6134,"date":"2020-09-15T13:50:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T13:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=6134"},"modified":"2020-09-15T13:50:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T13:50:56","slug":"local-business-bounces-back-from-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2020\/09\/15\/local-business-bounces-back-from-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Local business bounces back from pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Jensen Burnheimer ’21, staff writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small businesses everywhere took a hit when forced to shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic; however, Annville\u2019s local caf\u00e9 and theatre, the Allen Theatre and Backstage Caf\u00e9, has so far survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When\nCOVID-19 struck, the Allen Theatre and Backstage Caf\u00e9 was forced to close temporarily.\nThe establishment was closed for over four months. Being in the small town of\nAnnville, making connections and talking with customers was the highlight of\nthe caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ed\nand Sue Felty took over the ownership of the theatre and caf\u00e9 about two years\nago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGetting\nto see all the people and getting to interact with the customers is the best,\u201d\nFelty said. Hearing the positive feedback and hearing \u2018I love this place.\u2019 That\nis such a neat feeling\u2013just to know that people feel warm and welcome and want\nto come back. Interacting with the people and the public is the best part.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the news of the closing, the Allen Theatre and Backstage Caf\u00e9\u2019s regular customers were saddened to hear that they would not be able to make their frequent trips for their favorite coffee and meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been going here for at least twenty years,\u201d Annville\u2019s Matt Conrad said. \u201cI graduated from Cedar Crest in \u201905 and from LVC in \u201909, so I\u2019ve been coming here since probably middle school. It was smart for them to close given all the variables. I like the people aspect of the caf\u00e9. You come in here and it\u2019s just one big family, and it\u2019s nice to get away, especially now that I am working from home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even\nsome students who live locally and visit the caf\u00e9 and theatre often were upset\nabout not being able to visit the caf\u00e9 for their favorite items during the four\nmonths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\nunderstood why it closed,\u201d Robbie Meisenhelter, a senior digital communications\nmajor, said. \u201cI drove by often hoping one day I would see the open sign. It\u2019s\none of my favorite places to get coffee. My favorite thing about the caf\u00e9 is\nprobably the size of the coffees. The coolest thing is I feel like I can\nactually sit down and do work there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Feltys hope that more students choose to do their schoolwork at the caf\u00e9 too, especially with the proximity to campus. The caf\u00e9 is now offering a 20 percent discount on caf\u00e9 items to all LVC students when they present their student ID cards at the register. Until new movies begin to show, movies are $5 a ticket. The owners and staff hope to see students soon.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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