’Art is never canceled‘

As a small business owner and a nonprofit manager, Michele Rose has had a lot of difficult decisions to make lately.

Rose, co-owner of The Crafty Mercantile, said she closed The Crafty Mercantile on March 13, before the order came down from the governor; however, the store, which sells arts and crafts, guitar strings, homeschool products and jewelry repairs, is now open by appointment.

“We have worked out a whole procedure of noncontact, from door…