Indian River County providing free protective gear to small businesses

Indian River County providing free protective gear to small businesses

Through CARES Act funds, the County has put together more than a thousand of these PPE kits that include disposable and cloth masks, disinfectant wipes, and hand sanitizer, along with a sign reminding people to avoid the “Three C’s”, Closed Spaces, Crowded Places, and Close Contact Settings, to help businesses.

MANY SMALL BUSINESSES& ANDRIGHT NOW, EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS.WPTV NEWSCHANNEL 5SHAINMAN HAS MORE ON ONECOUNTYBUSINESSES SOME MONEY& WHILEKEEPING THEM SAFE.AT MINUTEMAN PRESS IN VEROBEACH.

(:2“THIS IS JUSTCOMING OFF THE DIGITAL PRINTERNOW”) THE PRESSES HAVENSTOPPED& BUT THE CORONAVIRUSHAS CERTAINLY SLOWED THEMDOWN.

(:5“NORMALLY WE HAVE ANOPERATOR RUNNING OUR CUTTERALL DAY LONG”) LISA (JEN)GEHIN SAYS BUSINESS DROPPEDOFF DRAMATICALLY BACK INMARCH, AND THEY30-40 PERCENT.

THEY MAKE THEIROWN MASKS& BUT LEARNED THATINDIAN RIVER COUNTY HASSTARTED OFFERING FREE PERSONALPROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR SMALLBUSINESSES.

(LISAGEHIN/MINUTEMAN PRESS :8“ITNICE THE COUNTY IS OFFERING ITTO US TOO SO THATEXPENSE WE DONOUT OF OUR POCKET” ) (NAT :3“I HAVE TWO BOXES OF CIVILIANMASKS”) THROUGH CARES ACTFUNDS, THE COUNTY HAS PUTTOGETHER MORE THAN A THOUSANDOF THESE PPE KITS THAT INCLUDEDISPOSABLE AND CLOTH MASKS,DISINFECTANT WIPES, AND HANDSANITIZER, ALONG WITH A SIGNREMINDING PEOPLE TO AVOID THE“THREE CSPARKS/IRC MARKETINGCOORDINATOR : 6“HOPEFULLYKEEP THEM OPEN, HELP THEN STAYOPEN AND KEEP THEIR STAFF ANDCUSTOMERS SAFE”) EVEN THOUGHINDIAN RIVER COUNTY DOES NOTHAVE A MASK MANDATE, THECOUNTY WANTED TO BE PROACTIVE.(SPARKS :2“NOBODY WANTS TOTAKE A STEP BACKWARDS”)JANICE RAMIREZ SAYS HERBUSINESS, MR. RESTORE, HAS HEREMPLOYEES IN OTHER PEOPLESHOMES ALL THE TIME.

(JANICERAMIREZ/MR. RESTORE :6“THATWHAT WE DO, RESTORATION AFTERA FLOOD OR FIRE OR MOLD.

SOHAVING THAT IT JUST HELPS ALITTLE BIT”) (STAND CLOSE :15“IF YOUBUSINESS OWNER, YOU CAN COMEHERE TO THE INTERGENERATIONALCENTER OFF OSLO ROAD ANY TIMEBETWEEN 7:30AM AND 6PM.

INIRC, JS WPTV NC 5”)THOUSANDS OF ABSENTEE BALLOTSGET REJECTED EACH ELECTION.BUT THIS YEAR...IT COULD