DUNEDIN — Though the streets in town are quiet, there’s no shortage of activities behind the scenes underway in the community to support local businesses and the economy. At a City Commission work session April 14, city officials discussed efforts by staff to provide assistance to help the 1,300 businesses in town navigate through the…
POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Apr 20, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — For over a decade, RMA (www.rma.us.com) has been guiding city and county leaders through the “reinvention” process using a strategic multistep approach to help communities overcome economic obstacles. Now, as cities struggle to address the economic impacts of COVID-19, the firm has created a Recovery Playbook…
The Riviera Beach CRA is Hosting an Online Webinar to Present Various Financial Assistance Options to District-Area Businesses in Need. The Presentation with Q&A Takes Place on Thursday, April 23, 2020, from 2-3pm, and can be Accessed via Zoom. Register here
Hallandale Beach, FL – April 16, 2020 – The Hallandale Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (HBCRA) has created an innovated $500,000 stimulus program to assist local small businesses in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. The Coronavirus Small Business Sustainability and Recovery Loan Program was created to address the extremely challenging times associated with the Coronavirus, including the closure of local businesses and…
Tampa, Florida (April 14, 2020)–As our community faces unprecedented challenges, the City of Tampa is offering critical financial support to those hit hardest by the COVID-19 crisis. Today, Mayor Jane Castor announced details of the City’s new One Tampa: Relief Now, Rise Together fund in partnership with the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay and The…
With Florida’s tourism industry paralyzed during the coronavirus pandemic, Miami-Dade is securing hundreds of hotel rooms to ease crowding at homeless shelters and also give healthcare workers a place to sleep between shifts. Ronald Book, chairman of the board that oversees Miami-Dade’s homeless agency, said the county may move more than 150 older residents from…
How do you comply with a “stay at home” order if you don’t have a home? That’s a question a growing number of city leaders are grappling with as they ramp up responses to the Covid-19 crisis. And many mayors are taking action with breakneck speed, turning hotels and city-owned buildings into temporary homeless shelters.…
As the global outbreak of coronavirus continues to evolve, companies of all shapes and sizes face a crisis unlike any they have faced before. Yet in spite of the differences between coronavirus and other challenges, many of the fundamental principles of crisis communications still apply. Keep these key principles in mind as you develop communications…
School closures and stay-at-home orders to combat the coronavirus outbreak have made internet access even more of a necessity for Americans, whether they need to log into virtual classrooms, just talk to family members or attend Zoom meetings. But not everyone has reliable access to the internet. To help connect residents, one Delaware county is…
As the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, agencies at all levels of government continue to launch online resources for their constituents to find resources, help and new information. New York City is perhaps the jurisdiction hardest hit by the crisis in the world right now, and, as such, earlier this month technologists there launched the NYC…
NORTH MIAMI – To assist businesses during the threat of COVID-19 (coronavirus), the North Miami Community Redevelopment Agency (NMCRA) is creating two emergency relief grant programs for North Miami businesses within the CRA boundaries that have been severely impacted and are facing challenging times during this ongoing crisis. Consisting of two separate programs, the Emergency Relief for…
The Jacksonville City Council on Monday unanimously approved a relief package for small businesses, which will pay a $1,000 grant and cover the fees, interest and principal of loans for qualifying businesses that borrow from Vystar Credit Union. Vystar is preparing to loan up to $50 million to Jacksonville businesses, and the city’s contribution to…
