- June 19, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
The town of Breckenridge’s Walkable Main Street is pictured June 12, 2020, with tables set up outside of Gold Pan Saloon and Carboy Winery. Restaurants and bars are starting to see a boom in business again after months of restrictions.
Photo from Elaine Collins
Based on its April sales tax report, Breckenridge continues to make the biggest comeback out of all of the towns, mostly because it was hit the hardest by the pandemic due to its largely tourism-based economy.
Breckenridge saw the biggest jump in its sales tax collections in April compared with the same month in the previous year. According to the report, net taxable sales for the month were up 312% compared with April 2020, when businesses were largely shuttered.
According to a May 31 finance report, the town’s net taxable sales are ahead of last year by 31.7%.
The industries that performed the best in April compared with the same month in 2020 were…