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Cape Cod Business Owners Hope To Extend Summer Season Through October

Many Cape Cod businesses are hoping to finish out the summer season strong after a stunted beginning due to the pandemic.

Signs remind customers to social distance at the Cotuit Fresh Market on Cape Cod. Cape businesses are hoping an extended season can lessen the damage caused by coronavirus related expenses.
Signs remind customers to social distance at the Cotuit Fresh Market on Cape Cod. Cape businesses are hoping an extended season can lessen the damage caused by coronavirus related expenses. (Dave Copeland/Patch)

ORLEANS (CBS) – Take a stroll around A Little Inn On Pleasant Bay and you might forget that there is a pandemic. Sisters and co-owners of the Orleans inn, Pamela Adam and Sandra Palmer, say their phones have been ringing off the hook lately as they attract a new type of visitor to their charming grounds.

“And it’s all local. It’s Boston, New York, New Jersey,” Adam said.

Many Cape Cod businesses are hoping to finish out the summer season strong after a stunted beginning due to the pandemic. Earlier this week, the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce launched a campaign called Second Summer to attract visitors to stay through mid-October.

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