Planning ahead for a disaster can save business owners thousands of dollars in lost revenue. Protect and prepare your business with a Business Disaster Continuity Plan. Check out the excellent business resources for hurricane preparation below:

In our last DeBary Business Beat, we asked our Small Business Owners to help us celebrate Small Business Week by signing up to be featured on the City of DeBary's Social Media! Our community LOVED seeing all the unique businesses we have here in our City - the average post reached 3K Facebook Users, totaling over 1.3K post engagements and 49 shares! Thank you to all the businesses who participated. Keep reading this newsletter for future opportunities to be featured!

Allstar Nutrition

Kaiwa Art & Play Space

All in One Equipment Repair.

Central Florida Community Pet Clinic

DarkWorlf MMA

DeBary Paint & Body

Domino Tables By Art

Frederick's Wine Room

My Aesthetic Studio.

Natalia's Garden Center

Rad Gymnastics

River City Tax & Notary Services

So Serene Massage Day Spa

T & S Air Design

Wizzard of Paws

Old Guy Mows Lawns

Progressive®, in partnership with Hello Alice, is accepting applications for its Driving Small Business Forward fund program, which is aimed at providing support to diverse small business owners across the country. The program will award 10 Black-owned small businesses each with a $25,000 grant that can be used toward purchasing a commercial vehicle for their businesses:

Eligibility:

• Be a for-profit business majority (51%+) owned and operated by a Black-identifying entrepreneur(s)
• Have 10 or fewer employees and less than $5 million in annual gross revenue
• Have a demonstrated need for a qualifying commercial vehicle to run their business and clear plan for growth as a result of his vehicle purchase
• Not be an independent contractor whose primary business is for a rideshare service.

eBay is giving back to small businesses powering America. In partnership with Hello Alice, eBay is awarding more than $500,000 in grants and education resources to support U.S. small businesses with the resources they need to scale, grow and thrive. :

Eligibility:

• Be a legal resident of one of the 50 United States, D.C. or Puerto Rico
• Be 18 or older
• Be either a new eBay seller who joined between July 26, 2022, and April 26, 2023, or an established seller with a strong seller rating
• Not a recipient of any previous rounds of the eBay Up & Running Grants

DeBaryNaturally.org, the City's eco-tourism website, highlights businesses that offer discounts and specials to trail users.

Want to be added? Email khewitt@debary.org with your business name, address, and discount for trail users. These businesses receive a "Trail Users Welcome" sticker to be easily identifiable to our visitors by trail!

Current trail-friendly businesses include:

• Central 28 Beer Company (BoGo Beer on Sundays for bikers)
• O'Leary's Irish Pub (10% off for visitors by trail)
• Frederick's Wine Room (10% off for visitors by trail)
• DeBary All Pro Building Services (10% off for all trail users)

Beginning June 5, 2023, Highbanks Road near the Winn-Dixie Plaza will be closed for roadwork. Detour routes will be established and clearly marked with signage to guide traffic around the road closure area. The @. Highbanks closure will occur each weekday, Monday through Friday from 9 am to 4 pm. The road will be open on Monday, July 3, 2023, and Tuesday, July 4, 2023.

If this closure affects your business' traffic, please inform your staff and customers of the roadwork schedule.