Perla Garcia, owner of a local business by Pittsburg State, would have felt the impacts of students not being in town if it wasn’t for one thing – she sells ice cream. While the students are her main clients, the frozen goods keep her busy when the warmer temperatures come around. But summer doesn’t work in every business’s favor. With only 20% of the 5,600 Pittsburg State students being local, businesses in the city need to find strategies for when the non-local students leave. The Kelce Business and Economic Research Center estimates that there’s a decline of more than 22.8 million dollars in student spending during the summer, in Pittsburg. Knowing that, business owners adopt different strategies to minimize the economic impact — from selling seasonal items like ice cream to changing their business hours.
Source: KOAM News
