Welcome to Dallas DALLAS IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS There are several notable additions to downtown that have opened since the beginning of the pandemic, adding variety to the shopping and eating choices in Dallas. 8 Explore Polk County 2021
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alk down the streets of downtown Dallas, and you might think that the pandemic spared this little town. That isn’t to say that Dallas hasn’t suffered its fair share of struggles due to COVID-19. While the business landscape has changed, but it hasn’t been decimated. There are several notable additions to downtown that have opened since the beginning of the pandemic, adding variety to the shopping and eating choices in Dallas. Two prominent, and formerly vacant corners, have been filled by new businesses. At the corner of Main and Mill streets used to be Pressed, a gathering place where people could enjoy a cup of coffee, live music, a game of trivia and the company of others. Sadly, a victim of the pandemic, Pressed closed in
December 2020. In early May, the space was given new life when New Morning Bakery opened its doors at 788 Main St. This is the second location for the bakery, originally from Corvallis. Serving more than baked goods, it is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, so you can stop in whenever your appetite prompts you Just a block away is The Blue Lady at 904 S. Main St., which is also home to an expanding business. Kevin and Krista Conzo, operators of Kevin’s Daily Bread, a home-based business that made and delivered home-baked goods to eager — and numerous — customers recently decided to open a brick-and-mortar location in downtown Dallas. See PAGE 10
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