Lisa Olin, center, brandishes numerous T.J. Maxx bags after a shopping trip Tuesday afternoon with her daughter, Ryley, and mother, Kim. Lake City Mall stores are mostly reopened, with J.C. Penney set to reopen Wednesday. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter).
Glenn Johnson hunts for a gift for his uncle at Michaels. The arts and crafts store was welcoming customers back into the fold after a long closure due to covid-19. (CARL MCKINNEY/Lake City Reporter)
As retail stores continue to gradually reopen across the state, Lake City Mall showed signs of life on Tuesday.
It was a faint pulse at first, but it grew stronger by the hour. A steady flow of shopper…
