Tidbits for Business March 23 2020

Tidbits for Business

New Rules, New Resources

On Friday, Governor Lamont announced the state's latest effort to Flatten the Curve; closing non-essential businesses as of Monday 3/23 at 8 p.m.

To support this initiative, any essential business in Greater New Haven can register on the Visit New Haven website here and the listings will appear by clicking the Essential button on the Shopping page.

Businesses considered essential during Stay Home, Stay Safe are not our usual tourism partners, so we ask you to share this information with friends, family and local business so we can provide you with the information you need.

In the Governor's March 22nd advisory, non-essential businesses are authorized to accept remote orders and fulfill the orders via pickup or delivery.

Please support local businesses who remain open or offer remote ordering (online, phone, mail, etc.) with pickup and delivery.

Professional Development

It's an ill wind that doesn't blow some good and perhaps the benefit can come in the form of picking up new skills. The topics available online run the gamut from being a better writer, social media planning and execution, spreadsheets and coding. Here is an article from Revolution with their favorite online professional development websites. There are many more providers of these services than those in the article but it will serve as a starting point to find the best courses for yourself and your employees.

Together New Haven

Thank you for participating in The City of New Haven's 'Together New Haven Campaign." This campaign was created to help support our local businesses during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Please join us in encouraging residents of New Haven to BUY Local, connect to local business and their virtual offerings, buy gift cards from local businesses and more. To participate please send an email to The Director of Cultural Affairs, Adriane Jefferson at [email protected]

Place “Together NH in the subject Line” and follow the below directions.

In the body of the email:

1. Enter your Full Name

2. Enter a 1-2 sentence Together New Haven Message

3. Attach a picture of yourself that we can use to create your Together New Haven Flier

4.Upload links to any New Haven Business, Non-profit, artist, and freelancers that have recently converted their business to virtual offerings

5.Enter your email address

6. State that you are giving the City Approval to create your together New Haven flier and release to the public as part of the Together New Haven Campaign.

For any further questions pertaining to the campaign please contact [email protected]

Buy Local

Restaurants are among the hardest hit industries to date. If you want to support our local restaurants , here's how to find who is open, who delivers and who is offering gift certificates.

If you are a restaurant in Greater New Haven and would like to participate, click here .

This newsletter is produced in collaboration with the South Central Regional Council of Governments. www.scrcog.org

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