February 2020 was a time of high hopes and great expectations for the Body Electric Yoga Co. co-owner Katelyn Grady. She and business partner Jenny Miller had just launched a major expansion of the business, opening the Body Electric Athletic Co., a fitness studio and gym facility located at 655 31st St. S. in St. Petersburg’s Warehouse Arts District.
Then, little more than a month later, the coronavirus pandemic came along and forced Grady and Miller into a fight for financial survival. They closed up shop for 75 days and weathered the storm with a combination of Emergency Economic Injury Disaster loans and Paycheck Protection Program loans.
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