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CLICK HERE
for up-to-date listings of which Adams Morgan businesses are open during this crisis and what their delivery/carryout/gift card options are.
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#ChairChewCheers Challenge on Instagram
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In order to help promote and spread awareness for the DC restaurant community, the DC BIDs are teaming up to launch the
#ChairChewCheers Challenge
. This social media initiative will encourage people to think of where they'll go, what they'll eat, and who they will go with once it's safe to do so and restaurants reopen to guests. This not only brings awareness to the individual restaurants and our neighborhoods, but is something that will hopefully bring joy to people when thinking about the future during these tough times.
We want to know your favorite restaurants by sharing the #ChairChewCheers Challenge! Post-quarantine, tell us where you’re going, what you’re going to eat, and tag who will be joining you (check our Instagram stories if you'd like to join in on the fun, IG account: @admobid). We can't choose favorites because we love everyone equally, so we're sharing them all in our
Instagram feed
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Survey responses needed for ReOpen DC
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Mayor Bowser wants you to share your ideas and recommendations about how we can reopen in line with our DC values.
Residents can share their feedback regarding reopening, as well as any big ideas and concerns by filling out the
ReOpenDC Survey HERE
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Property assessment appeal deadline extended to May 15
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The TY 2021 real property assessment appeals deadline has been extended to May 15, 2020.
To learn more click here
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If you wish to appeal your assessment, please use the applications found
here
. Print out and complete the form, sign it, attach any supporting documents required, and mail it to the following address:
Government of the District of Columbia
Real Property Tax Administration
Attn: Appeals Section
PO Box 71440
Washington, DC 20024
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For restaurants from RAMW
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While there is some uncertainty about exact timing and protocol around the reopening the region, we know there are near finished blueprints outlined and regional leaders are focused on announcing exact next steps in the coming days. Now is a good time to start thinking about all the steps that need to be taken on your end, so you are ready to go when businesses are permitted to change operations from the current standards.
Reopening requires two sets of guidelines.
First, the government mandated guidelines we are working with regional leaders on and will share with you soon.
Second are the operational guidelines and recommendations for ensuring your teams are prepared, that your finances are in order as much as they can be, that your physical restaurant and inventory are ready, and that you have communication plans in place to train staff on protocol and to let your customers know what you are doing, to name a few things. Some of our industry partners have shared resources, toolkits, and checklists to help you consider what you may need to do in all of these areas.
Our Industry Partner, Ecolab, has helpful
COVID-19 Foodservice Operations Resource Libraries
, created to support achievement of the highest standards of cleanliness, disinfection and hygiene. The libraries also provide a variety of additional resources, including:
The James Beard Foundation hosted a useful reopening webinar last week and shared some key items that resonated with many of our operators.
Click here
to see the deck. They highlighted some critical paths to assess, including:
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Finance: Identify cash on hand, determine APs + ARs, when to rehire, how long you can sustain, operations with your current cash flow, and revenue needed to break even.
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In operations, once regional mandated guidelines are announced, quickly establish clear COVID-19 specific standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure your team and your guests are safe.
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Consider your budget projections and revenue sources as you think through your reopening menu. This will impact how you renegotiate vendor terms, set ordering pars, and additional operational decisions such as delivery and pickup protocol.
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Assess HR considerations around re-hiring, PPP, training, payroll, benefits, and compliance.
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Make a plan of how you are communicating internal messaging, external messaging, PR, website, and social media around your reopening plan.
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Look at technology contracts and facilities to assess services you may have put on hold like HVAC, grease trap, and more.
Similarly
,
Streetsense shared their
Pandemic Relaunch Toolkit for Restaurants and Bars
, and our friends at FoodPRO shared their
Operator Insights for Reopening
checklist.
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Rethinking how you do business
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More Private Funding Resources :
Walker’s Legacy COVID-19 Million Dollar Private Funding Guide
As businesses begin to pivot and change their way of doing business and looking for other sources of revenue, one idea may be looking for more DC government contracting opportunities.
Becoming a
Certified Business Enterprise
(CBE) will give you preferred procurement and contracting opportunities. The District directs spending to these DC-based businesses that support and contribute to job creation and the city tax base, which in turn results in a much stronger local economy. Each agency, including an agency that contracts or procures through the Office of Contracting and Procurement (OCP), must exercise its contracting and procurement authority. It must meet, on an annual basis, the goal of procuring and contracting 50 percent of the dollar volume of its goods and services, including construction goods and services, to Small Business Enterprises (SBEs).
These organizations listed below have FREE assistance to you and will help rethink your business plan or find the resources you need to survive now or reopen even stronger. Please use them:
Score
202-619-1000 (DC)
Small Business Development Centers
202-889-5090 (DC)
Women’s Business Centers
202-393-8307 (DC)
Veterans Business Outreach Center
703-768-1440
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Is your business offering Mother's Day specials?
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Mother's Day is on Sunday, May 10 this year and it looks like we're still going to be under lockdown, so this is your opportunity to get the word out about specials you may be planning.
Please let us know if your business is planning on something special for the moms out there -- perhaps a takeout or delivery brunch, a Mother's Day sale, or maybe a special digital gift card to minimize contact with other people -- and we'll help promote it over the next two weeks.
Please send your Mother's Day specials to
Brian Barrie
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Don't forget to complete the 2020 Census
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It’s not too late to complete the 2020 Census (many people think April 1st was the deadline). Accurate census data is important for post-COVID 19 recovery efforts.
Click here
to complete the form. If you don't have your 12-digitCensusID, you can enter your home address instead.
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"Buy Restaurant Bonds" campaign encourages customers to support restaurants by gift card purchases
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The Adams Morgan Partnership is trying to help restaurants and bars that have forced to close or severely limit their services by encouraging customers to purchase gift cards for future dining. We are trying to make a splash with this campaign -- modeled after the
Buy War Bonds
campaigns of WWI and WWII -- to help draw attention to our 100+ restaurants and employees that are facing an uncertain future. Please join in via your own social media accounts using the hashtag
#BuyRestaurantBonds
Please tag us in your social media posts about the operating status of your business so we can pass the information along.
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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Sponsor one of our community events! Partner with our community while reaching some of the city's most desirable demographics. For details, contact
Kristen Barden
at
202-997-0783.
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Adams Morgan Partnership
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