Student starts company that sells products to encourage social distancing

Aleah Colón-Alfonso launched the business Stay Safely Away.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 12:00 p.m. August 26, 2020
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Courtesy. Aleah Colón-Alfonso, a rising junior at New College of Florida in Sarasota, started the company Stay Safely Away.
Courtesy. Aleah Colón-Alfonso, a rising junior at New College of Florida in Sarasota, started the company Stay Safely Away.
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Recognizing an urgent need during the pandemic — to remind people to practice social distancing — one area college student decided to find an entrepreneurial solution. 

That student, Aleah Colón-Alfonso, a rising junior at New College of Florida in Sarasota, has launched the company Stay Safely Away. The business sells wearable items that remind people to keep their distance.

 

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