00;00;00;08 - 00;00;24;22 Christine Hatfield Morgan Roddy is the co-owner of Queer Chocolatier. The business has expanded in recent years from selling chocolate truffles at local farmers markets to a physical bakery and coffee style place she calls the chocolate house. Now, thanks to state wide restrictions on food businesses, she's moving to a carry-out and shipping business model, which mirrors how her business got its start. 00;00;24;25 - 00;00;34;03 Morgan Roddy The online store has been a blessing, but also needing to be tinkered and adjusted on the fly just like the rest of the businesses and a lot of ways from this crisis. 00;00;34;05 - 00;00;46;11 Christine Hatfield Roddy had planned for three part time employees to work this week. But as the COVID 19 situation evolved, she paid them for the week and send them home to encourage social distancing. 00;00;46;14 - 00;00;59;24 Morgan Roddy I feel responsible for my employees. I feel responsible for the community that I serve and that, you know, if we can't have dine in business and there's one less queer safe space, so that's that. I feel that very acutely. 00;00;59;27 - 00;01;11;08 Christine Hatfield Still, Roddy says she's hoping to be able to continue to serve the needs of students and especially graduating seniors on campus between now and when the dorms close at the end of March. 00;01;11;12 - 00;01;24;20 Morgan Roddy I hate to miss out on their last moments, but knowing that the fewer people we see, the better people are holding on to the restrictions of engaging in public activity. So it's kind of a a bittersweet position to be in. 00;01;24;25 - 00;01;49;16 Christine Hatfield The truffle shop is also dealing with chocolate supply disruptions. She's had to operate Queer Chocolatier as a micro bakery, focusing on pastry style goods while also shifting business online and adding new options, such as gift cards. Roddy says in the short term, the changes are going to be challenging, especially at the emotional level. But for her, the long term outlook is positive. 00;01;49;22 - 00;02;01;21 Morgan Roddy I'm still bullish on the village. I'm still bullish on what our business can do and what we mean to the community. I still have a very positive, if perhaps Pollyannish outlook on on where we're at in Muncie. 00;02;01;21 - 00;02;04;14 Christine Hatfield Christine Hatfield, IPR news.