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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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DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL NOON TOMORROW
: Please Take Survey to Determine Small Businesses' PPE Supply Needs for Reopening
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The
DC BID Council
and the
Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW)
are working with the
ReOpen DC
Committee to determine Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) supply needs for small businesses over the next three months. Please take the
survey
below to help develop and stock a supply network to ensure your business has the PPE supplies it needs to safely operate in the next phase of the reopening process. NOTE: This is NOT an order form. Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey!
Please complete the survey by Thursday, May 21 at NOON.
Businesses:
CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY
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Should 18th Street be closed to motor vehicle traffic to give pedestrians more space and to help businesses?
We need your input
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There is interest from a number of businesses along 18th Street to close a portion of the street to traffic and/or expanding the sidewalk in response to the current health crisis. The idea behind the move is to give businesses the opportunity to use the sidewalks to serve customers with more social distancing while allowing pedestrians to use the roadway.
Some concerns that will need to be accommodated include deliveries to the businesses and the ability for food delivery services (and other customers) to pick up food from restaurants. In addition, three bus routes would need to be rerouted and safety and emergency access concerns would need to be addressed as well.
An ad hoc committee has been formed to work on the issue, including representatives from ANC1C, CM Brianne Nadeau's office, and neighborhood businesses and residents. Please indicate on the form if you would like to be a part of that committee (the committee has only met once so far).
It's important to be clear that this endeavor is designed to provide safety and opportunity for small businesses to resume and expand their services; not to entertain large gatherings and spirited neglect of the social distancing guidelines. It is to allow space in our small community and business corridor where inside space is too close for comfort. We are in support of our small businesses to be able to operate safely first and foremost.
We have put together a short form to collect input.
Click Here to complete the form.
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Learn the Basics of Getting Your Business Online, Thursday May 28
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Are you looking to move your business online but have no idea where to start? Has COVID-19 impacted your business's regular way of working?
DC BID Council
and
DSLBD
in partnership with
LookThink
will be hosting the first FREE webinar in a multi-part series for DC Small Businesses.
Register
and join us on Thursday, May 28 at 4:00 PM to learn the basics of what you need to move your business online!
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Answers to 6 thorny questions that could prevent loan forgiveness
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The U.S. government is now almost two weeks behind schedule on answering a crucial question: How can Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan recipients get their loans forgiven?
The program’s forgiveness rule sounds simple: Spend at least 75 percent of the funds on payroll within an 8-week period to get your loan forgiven. But it’s more complex than it appears, and despite the government saying it would issue clarifying guidance by April 26, borrowers are still waiting. So on Thursday, Inc. editor-at-large Kimberly Weisul called up a series of finance and legal experts to ask how they’d address six of the most common points of confusion.
For example:
If you got a PPP loan but you’re still closed, can you ask your employees to take all their paid vacation time now?
The answer:
You likely need to mirror what you’ve done in prior years. If you run an accounting firm, and taking vacations in May and June is pretty normal, you might be in luck. But if you ask employees to take vacations simply because you have no work for them to do, you’re unlikely to have that money forgiven.
These are crucial questions, and addressing them without help can be seriously challenging.
Read Weisul’s story
to get the answers on loan forgiveness you need.
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Reactivating Your Brick & Mortar Business
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Join us as Jennene Biggins, a Digital Marketing Strategist, will show you how to a design your plan for building up your list of current and potential customers, even when you are not open.
At some point, the Coronavirus will pass. When that time comes, do you want to be starting from scratch with your marketing again? Or do you want to be leaps and bounds ahead of the competition, building on the efforts you’ve already put in for the past few months?
In this webinar,
Reactivating Your Brick & Mortar Business
, we will provide insights on key business marketing tactics that you can use to prepare your business to reopen and successfully build a list of engaging prospects and customers. We will cover:
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Identifying your target market
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Reviewing past marketing activities (direct mail, website traffic, social media, etc.)
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How to build your list when your business is not open
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How to identify what your customers want and/or need
Tuesday, May 26 at 10:00 AM
Register Here
Other upcoming webinars:
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May 26 at 11:30 AM,
Is Your Business Viable?
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Register Here
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May 27 at 10:00 AM,
Covid-19: A Defining Moment for Black & Brown in the Food and Beverage Industry
,
Register Here
For a complete listing of events, visit
Small Business: The Heart of DC, A COVID-19 Virtual Experience
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Online How to: Riding in Traffic
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Streets aren’t just for cars, bikes belong too! Join us for a lesson on how to ride in traffic and take your riding to the next level. You will learn how to prepare for your ride, where to ride in the road, communicating with motorists and how to build confidence! All participants will receive a coupon for a FREE Confident City Cycle class. Be sure to tune in and bring plenty of questions!
Saturday, May 23, 2020, 1:00 PM
Click Here
for more information and to join the meeting
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Prepare for hurricane season in a COVID-19 environment
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The official start of the Atlantic hurricane season may be June 1st, but Tropical Storm Arthur has formed early and is currently off the coast of North Carolina. Additional information shared by the NBEOC about the forecasted track of Tropical Storm Arthur is attached.
While so much of our collective energy and resources are focused on responding to the immediate challenges of COVID-19, it is important to start thinking now about how to prepare your facilities and staff for hurricane season. Our FEMA Administrator recently issued a video message of how our agency is preparing for hurricane season in a COVID-19 environment (
English
,
Spanish
) and
our page has been updated
with guidance related to COVID-19.
In addition, here are our topline messages to the public about preparing for hurricane season in the current environment:
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Do not let COVID-19 virus prevention stop you from seeking shelter during severe weather.
If sheltering in a large group, take steps to ensure you are following CDC guidelines on social distancing. Follow guidance from local authorities on evacuation and sheltering as it pertains to COVID-19 prevention guidelines.
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Disasters won’t wait. Neither should you.
As we continue our efforts with the Whole-of-America to respond to and recover from coronavirus, we are also leaning forward and preparing for the upcoming hurricane season.
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The start of the 2020 hurricane season is right around the corner.
FEMA urges residents in hurricane-prone areas, and far inland, to prepare now for the possibility of bad weather conditions while maintaining public health guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Readiness
. FEMA, other federal agencies, and the American Red Cross have modified policies and planning and have taken actions to ensure the federal government can respond to any disaster during our continued coronavirus response efforts.
As you consider ways to returning to work, we encourage you to take a look at the
Exercise Starter Kit
we recently published with sample documents your organization can use to conduct your own planning workshop to navigate the complexities of returning to full operations during COVID-19.
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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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