Last spring, while people all over the world were paralyzed with fear over the rapidly spreading coronavirus, Tim and Sara Hale got to work on something they’re not unfamiliar with as entrepreneurs: taking a big risk. It’s what got them to Palm Coast, after all.
The Hales are the owners and founders of Coastal Cloud, an eight-year-old Flagler-based consulting, implementation and managed services company. They create software and IT solutions for a range of businesses and sectors, including Palm Coast government, for whom the company built the Palm Coast Connect portal gratis. Seeing how dangerous and immediate the coronavirus was, the Hales decided to build a platform that could help facilitate covid-testing and scheduling for government agencies looking to monitor the disease’s spread.