Ridgefield 2020: The Year In Business

RIDGEFIELD, CT — A story about the year in business for 2020 is a story — like so many of the others — about the coronavirus, and therefore unpleasant. It's a story of shutterings and shutdowns, of furloughs and firings.

But in Ridgefield, many small businesses and entrepreneurs were able to fight back and stay in the game, using newfangled technology and old-fashioned ingenuity. A CrossFit gym went online, a museum reinvented itself using podcasts, and a farm swapped out its roadside stand for electronic commerce.

Will they be successful in 2021, as health officials slowly roll-out a new vaccine even as a new strain of the virus works it way eastward? Anyone who tells you they know the answer hasn't been paying attention...

Here are 10 of the top business stories from Ridgefield in 2020.

Beloved Ridgefield Restaurant Shutters After Nearly 3 Years

Coronavirus Brings Best, Worst Of Times To Ridgefield Real Estate

Drive-In Movies Return To Ridgefield

Ridgefield Gym, Now Shuttered By The State, Looks To Move Online

Village Tavern in Downtown Ridgefield Closed Again

Ridgefield Museum Makes History With Bleeding-Edge Podcast Series

Beating The Coronavirus: A Farm Goes Online, In Ridgefield

Bernard's In Ridgefield Up For Sale

West Lane Pizza & Deli Under New Ownership in Ridgefield

How One Ridgefield Business Came To Love Online Learning