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Show A-4 The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, July 18-21, 2020 ESTATE SALE Business reimagines space THE PRESERVE ESTATE SALE 10,000 SQ FT LUXURY HOME JAY HAMBURGER JULY 18TH SATURDAY 9AM-3PM HIGH END LUXURY FURNITURE AND DECOR: KIM CHAVEZ BRONZE BEAR SCULPTURE, GOLF CART, ANTIQUE DISPLAY CURIO, TWO ANTIQUE WARDROBES, TWO COWHIDE OTTOMANS, FOUR OVERSIZED LEATHER CHAIRS, CURVED SECTIONAL SOFA, ACCENT TABLES, TWO QUEEN WOOD BED SETS, EXLONG AND MATCHING LONG LINEN SOFAS, TWO ANTIQUE WOOD PILLAR COFFEE TABLES, LARGE AREA RUGS, HIGH BACK SETTEE, LEATHER THEATER CHAIRS, TWO RUSTIC SOFA TABLE, LAMPS, WILDLIFE ART, BRONZE BEAR ASPEN LAMP, GAME TABLE AND CHAIRS, JAZZ PLAYERS WALL HANGINGS, DINING TABLE WITH CHAIRS, BLACK FRENCH BREAKFAST TABLE WITH CHAIRS, TWO LEATHER RECLINERS, TWO ANTIQUE CHESTS, TWO RUSTIC SHABBY CHIC SIDEBOARDS, WALL ART, TWO CHIPPENDALE CHAIRS, TALL BLUE/WHITE ORIENTAL VASE, THREE ROOSTER BACK BAR STOOLS, OVERSTUFFED UPHOLSTERED SOFA, UPHOLSTERED CHAIR AND OTTOMAN, WALL SLANT BOOK RACKS, KING BEDS AND MATTRESSES, NIGHT STANDS, FULL GARAGE OF ITEMS, EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, GARDEN ART, HOUSE DECOR, LINENS,KITCHEN, GARAGE AND GARDEN ITEMS, PATIO FURNITURE, OUTDOOR PLANT POTTERY, AND SO MUCH MORE!!! For photos go to www.facebook.com/LegacyEstateSale Presented by LEGACY Liquidation Company, LLC. / Ron Dubberly, Proprietor Certified Appraiser. Call us today for a free consultation: 801.326.9961 FEEL THE DIFFERENCE! Make this ski season your best ski season! At Gorsuch, our goal is to provide each customer with the perfect ski boot fit. Make an appointment today for the Gorsuch Custom Boot Fit Experience. 435.731.8051 355 Main Street The Park Record The owner of the Corner Store Pub & Grill at the Resort Center at Park City Mountain Resort is constructing a convenience store in the downstairs level of the business, something that is designed to broaden the customer base at a time of uncertainty for the restaurant industry. The Corner Store Pub & Grill owner, Max Doilney, does not intend to reopen the business until the ski season after it closed in mid-March amid the spread of the novel coronavirus. Doilney during the extended Continued from A-3 Closure extended rest to lease payments shortly after the closure in March. Doilney, though, had already let approximately 45 workers go by the time the business received the assistance. Ten were temporarily rehired as the funds arrived, but they were later let go again as the Paycheck Protection Program monies were extinguished. There are just three people on staff in mid-July, in addition to Doilney. The staffing levels during the summer never climb above 15 employees, he said, and the summertime sales at the restaurant usually account for up to 15% of the gross revenue each year. The summer numbers at the Doilney-owned place and scores of other businesses across sectors are not nearly as important as those in the ski season, but sales during the warm-weather months in Park City have consistently grown over time. The summer is usually seen nowadays as a time to potentially add, sometimes even amply, to the profits amassed during the ski season. Although it appears a decision like the one made by Doi- closure reimagined the operations of the business and sees a convenience store as being a draw that complements the core restaurant. He said there are numerous residences within walking distance of the Corner Store Pub & Grill, explaining that a convenience store would offer foodstuffs that require preparation as well as prepared foods that could be taken back to the places where people are staying. The convenience store will occupy space that had been a café connected to the Corner Store Pub & Grill. In an era of social distancing, Doilney explained, it would be “irresponsi- ble” to operate the business like he had in the past based on the tightness of the space. Doilney said he is considering seeking permission from state regulators to sell bottles of alcohol in the convenience store section of the business. The move toward opening a convenience store within an existing restaurant illustrates the dramatic steps that some are taking to rethink their business models at a difficult economic time as well as in the months before the ski season is scheduled to open. “Everybody’s got to be creative,” Doilney said. “It’s going to be tough.” lney to outright keep a business closed until the ski season is an outlier, there is continued concern about the state of the Park City-area economy at midsummer even as there has been significant progress since the shutdowns in the spring. There have seemed to be surprises to the upside in the past month as crowds returned to Main Street and elsewhere. The cancellation of a series of events like the weekly Park Silly Sunday Market and the Independence Day The Park City-area unemployment rate, though, remains at historically high levels, with the rate in Summit County in May initially tallied at 16.9% after a staggering 20.4% in April as the shutdown led to widespread layoffs. The rate is anticipated to continue to drop, but it is unclear how quickly the recovery will occur. If there is a significant number of businesses intending to remain closed for months, such as the one owned by Doilney, or that have opened or plan to reopen shortly with reduced staffs, the unemployment numbers could remain elevated for an extended period. The business community at this point of the year also normally is considering plans for the ski season, including staffing and inventory levels. It is a difficult task this year with so many unknowns about the winter. The mountain resorts are readying for the first-ever socially distanced ski season, but the details are unclear, while organizers have said the Sundance Film Festival, an especially busy point of the ski season for certain sectors, will be scaled back and held, conceptually, in locations across the U.S. and in Mexico City while keeping a base in Park City. “It’s nerve-wracking, at best, and panic inducing, at worst. It’s really scary,” Doilney said about the extended closure of the Corner Store Pub & Grill, adding, “Usually that’s a death sentence for most businesses.” We’re completely comfortable with the decision we made when we made it. It didn’t make any sense to open for the summer,” Corner Store Pub & Grill owner Max Doilney celebrations hurt, but some of the projected drops have been dulled by the successful launch of Main Street pedestrian days on Sundays and a desire by Park City’s target summer market to begin day-tripping again. “We’re completely comfortable with the decision we made when we made it,” Doilney said in reaction to the recent crowds. “It didn’t make any sense to open for the summer.” WE ARE THRILLED TO WELCOME YOU BACK TO THE MOUNTAINS! Enjoy the safe and vast outdoors with bike rentals from Legacy Sports. 50% Off Kids 2-Day Rentals* *In-store only Main Street |