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