Shoe repair shops, like many businesses downtown, have been struggling without their usual flow of office workers. Ray Shunnarah, who owns Beehive Shoeworks with his brother, Sam, said ,“We’re a service business, we thrive on the foot traffic, and if nobody’s down here, there’s no business.” Demand started to pick up as banks began bringing employees back, but Shunnarah estimates business is still down 80% compared with before the pandemic. The Shunnarahs’ father opened Beehive Shoeworks in 1951.