Chamber optimistic about post-pandemic business

La Conner Chamber of Commerce leaders and members are ready to put 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic in their rearview mirrors.

They are hopeful that visitors to town are of the same mind and plan to resume regular road trips to La Conner given the huge impact tourism has on the local economy.

Much, of course, depends on vaccination rates and the status of the state’s Roadmap to Recovery plan going forward, but present trends point toward at least a gradual return to normal for the retail sector here, Chamber reps indicated last week.

“We’re looking forward to a busy summer. April was a record mo...