New businesses are betting on tourists coming to La Conner next year, opening in the midst of a pandemic and as social restrictions tightened. On First Street, Winston’s General, owned by handmade la conner’s Robyn Bradley, opened Dec. 4. Yvonne Corbett’s Ladders Clothing & Co. Boutique expanded from its first Stanwood location at the end of October. Anne Callaghan’s Bunnies by the Bay hopped to 710 First Street, from Step Outside, moving across the street from its 2019 location.

Kay Trelstad, owner of The Stall, modestly expanded into the Cottons space in November.

Mary Davis has s...