Many colleges and universities in the United States are in small towns around America. When the coronavirus struck in March, students went home, leaving the towns empty. So, what will happen to those communities in the near future? The New York town of Ithaca is about to find out. In Ithaca, most of the 24,000 students at Cornell University and 6,200 from Ithaca College have left. Now, locals who run businesses that depend on students’ money are wondering if things will ever return to normal. “It’s going to be hard. I mean, normally we have about seven months that the colleges are here,” said Gregar Brous. He runs several restaurants in Ithaca. He has brought about 100 of his usual 330 employees back to work. Brous added that one of the biggest problems for small businesses is that there are “so many unknowns.”
Title: Small Businesses in College Towns Are Struggling
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4539/C.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Small Businesses in College Towns Are Struggling' data-article-id='5034'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8500'>Many colleges and universities in the United States are in small towns around America. </span> <span data-start-time='8500' data-end-time='16354'>When the coronavirus struck in March, students went home, leaving the towns empty.</span> <span data-start-time='16354' data-end-time='21917'>So, what will happen to those communities in the near future? </span> <span data-start-time='21917' data-end-time='27396'>The New York town of Ithaca is about to find out.</span> <span data-start-time='27396' data-end-time='39667'>In Ithaca, most of the 24,000 students at Cornell University and 6,200 from Ithaca College have left. </span> <span data-start-time='39667' data-end-time='50271'>Now, locals who run businesses that depend on students’ money are wondering if things will ever return to normal.</span> <span data-start-time='50271' data-end-time='52708'>“It’s going to be hard. </span> <span data-start-time='52708' data-end-time='61438'>I mean, normally we have about seven months that the colleges are here,” said Gregar Brous.</span> <span data-start-time='61438' data-end-time='65521'> He runs several restaurants in Ithaca.</span> <span data-start-time='65521' data-end-time='73688'> He has brought about 100 of his usual 330 employees back to work.</span> <span data-start-time='73688' data-end-time='83146'>Brous added that one of the biggest problems for small businesses is that there are “so many unknowns.”</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4539/C.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=15874 data-hint-location='27396' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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