Article content The COVID-19 pandemic has largely emptied the city’s downtown of office workers and students for over a year, but that doesn’t mean all has been quiet in the core. Visitors will find a number of new businesses have opened during the pandemic while old favourites have proven stubbornly resilient in surviving to serve the downtown’s residential population. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or New businesses opening downtown despite pandemic Back to video “I’m impressed at the confidence in people and the desire to do something new downtown,” said Windsor Downtown Business Improvement Association president Brian Yeomans said.