By Cece Nunn, posted Dec 18, 2020
It was the worst of times, it was the weirdest of times. It was 2020, the year of the coronavirus pandemic.
For many small business owners in the region – especially those dependent on visitors and indoor operations – impacted by restrictions to slow the virus’s spread, 2020 was a year of tough decisions. Along those lines, Kris Testori ended up shutting down her Wilmington escape room business because of COVID-19.
Operating Port City Escape, where people would come together to solve puzzles that would allow them to “escape” different scenarios, didn’t seem safe anymore. Testori’s husband, Doug, would know firsthand: before he retired, he was an oncologist, treating people whose immune systems were compromised.