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The economic downturn has been grim for owners and investors in boutique hotels without national chain affiliations, as well as locally owned inns and establishments in Missouri.

For thousands of business owners who depend heavily on the dollars spent by visitors who road-trip throughout the heartland, the pandemic’s impact has completely scrambled the financial equation.

Ghost kitchens are food businesses that don’t necessarily have permanent locations — they can include companies that use rented commercial kitchens or operate in established restaurants.

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A half-year into the COVID-19 pandemic, what do experts in economics and entrepreneurship predict the next six months will bring for small businesses and startups?

The St. Louis company is now part of an industry that has experienced significant growth during the pandemic.

The Columbia-based company has promoted Healium as a “digiceutical,” a digital therapeutic product, and hired two new employees. In June, the company won the Procter & Gamble Ventures Innovation Challenge, which meant it received more than $200,000 in cash and benefits.

Gov. Mike Parson has announced a new coworking and incubator grant that will provide $1 million for eligible Missouri-based, nonprofit corporation- and university-sponsored coworking and incubator facilities, according to the state Department of Economic Development.

With summer weather waning, how will Missouri eateries and bars keep and accommodate business when their customers no longer can count on dining and drinking al fresco?