A year ago, most of us had never heard of a coronavirus. After the first of the year, we began hearing about a deadly novel coronavirus in China. By March, effects of the new virus had reached Southern Illinois as Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued a disaster declaration and began issuing executive orders in an effort to stem the spread of COVID-19.
The disaster declaration for Illinois was issued March 9. Executive orders closed restaurants and bars to indoor dining on March 16. Schools closed March 17. On March 21, we were under an order to stay home that closed all but essential businesses, and that was just the beginning.
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CARBONDALE â COVID-19 has made it hard to be a business owner, but planning a business in the midst of a pandemic can be even more challenging, as a group of Jackson County high-schoolers found out.
The Jackson County CEO program teams up high school students from around the county to take a special, year-long class offered in collaboration with AlterEgo Marketing to learn the ins and outs of entrepreneurship. The first semester is learning soft skills, things like networking and other personal skills, to plan an event that will help provide seed money for the 13 students to fund their very own businesses the next semester.