City of Englewood, Colorado COVID-19 Updates, 9 Apr 2020

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From YouTube: Small Business Pandemic Stories

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Three Englewood business owners describe the impact of this devastating pandemic and how they’re using the recent grant money they received from the City of Englewood. To date, 83 applications have been approved and a total of $166,000 has been paid.

Englewood Grand: http://www.englewoodgrand.com/
Digital Media Innovations: http://digitalmediainnovations.com/
Frame De Art: http://framedeartonline.com/

Learn more at englewoodco.gov/coronavirus under BUSINESS RESOURCES

A

I'm, not films, urkki, and this is our bar thing- good grand we have been shut down because of the corona virus at.

B

Digital media and oceans, we offer a lot of essential services in the homes and offices. I think we were all flying very high in the positive economic environment and some leavin, this thing head down, I would say almost all our capital projects have been placed on hold or they have been suspended for a long time. If.

C

Reindeer we do all kinds of custom picture framing from the jerseys we're very well known for with the sports teams, we have families come in with their family photos, we can print photos for them, canvases, replays class, for them anything that they want to be nice on their wall, especially during these times that their home, so much this whole thing has pretty much killed. Our sales were praying and society keeps healthy. We can reopen. We had.

B

To play as almost half of her employed workforce on furlough.

A

For now, but the city has reached out to us, many members of the city reached out to us to see how we're doing.

B

I was really really impressed that every city of it shall made each of the business owners that they do matter their business matters appreciate.

C

It so much being a small business in the city, a good you guys have been great about keeping in touch. You know posting things easy to find. My information really appreciate the links for the grant program that I immediately applied for the.

A

City came through with a two thousand dollar grant, which will definitely help pay some of the bills, and you know, hopefully, keep us afloat these times. I received this.

C

Just a couple days ago, and so much appreciate this I'm going to use it I'm down from four employees down to want so I'm doing this. Keeping this I can keep my employee we've.

B

Used cities grant actually to to pay the health care premium forever in place. The biggest concern that they have right now is having an access to the health care, and especially with all these you know the virus, and for us the likelihood of getting sick is basically more than before. So healthcare has been such a huge. You know issue on everybody's mind, so that has dramatically eased out lot of their concerns.

C

The support here has been wonderful, but then business 29 years, and then he go for corner and 14 years now and I've never felt such a great small community feel as I do here.

B

In Englewood, but I encourage all city residents, look at these resources made being mayor there by the city to them whether it's a free childcare for essential workers, whether it's, basically the counseling service, so I think city has done commendable job or.

A

Say cares about us and they want to see us be here if nothing else, that's that's probably the biggest thing from all of this and we're just really really happy that we chose this is our community. My.

B

Wife has a business in a different city, and I must say that I actually I basically put her into this jealous when I I talk a lot about the other sources that anger has been providing.

C

Us I feel like there's a big support for small businesses, especially neighborhood. They love their small businesses, keeping my head up, hoping that we can get through this and then I think we have a great future will be our 30th anniversary, March, 15th, 2021 and I really really want to have that 30th anniversary party.