BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Amid the coronavirus pandemic, many businesses in Brevard County hope launching humans back into space will help reignite their economic rebound. “It’s been almost devastating,” said Louis Morehead, owner of the Florida Key Lime Pie Company in Cocoa Beach.
Morehead said he closed his store for 44 days amid the height of the coronavirus outbreak, and he reopened last week. "Our normal number of folks coming in the door were several hundred per day.
Right now, we're only seeing about a dozen," he said. Morehead and others said they are banking on May 27 launch to turn things around for their business.