Businesses reopen after winter storm hits Tennessee Valley [Video]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — This Friday’s winter weather saw most of the Tennessee Valley close for the weekend. Families hunkered down at home to enjoy the snow day, but local businesses are now looking to return to normalcy as people are getting out and about again.

For the most part, people heeded the warnings to stay home on Friday. But because of that, small businesses in the region lost time and profits during the snowstorm. For some locally owned businesses, that can mean the difference between staying open and closing for good.

But that doesn’t ring true for local restaurant Hound and Harvest. Its owner, Bobby Jordan, said they’re making up that lost time on the back end. In fact, he said they’re seeing more business than ever because people are eager …