Chairs sit on top of tables inside a closed restaurant on Cape Cod in downtown Provincetown, Massachusetts, U.S., on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Thousands of locals signed a petition calling for bridges to be closed to prevent visitors from coming to the area to stop the spread of Covid-19, Business Insider reported. Photographer: Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images
One local firm sees just four workers head to its 4,000-square-foot office. A restaurateur considers keeping the smaller staff levels, seeing an opportunity for efficiency in a crisis and beyond. And a child care center's CEO eyes spending $25,000 to ensure his business meets new state guidelines and regulations.
Massachusetts business owners, customers and clients entered the second phase of a four-phase economic reopening this week with some trepidation and hope: Trepidation about the demand for their services during an ongoing pandemic, and hope that the worst is behind them.
Reopening Massachusetts
From commercial real estate and health systems to higher education, retail and restaurants, here's how various Bay State sectors are handling the latest phase of the economic reopening.
