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The LA Metro Business Community Responds with the Healing Community Food Challenge
A Lewiston small business has stepped up in a big way by helping local families deal with the impacts of a global health crisis. The Healing Community MEDCo, a purveyor of an extensive line of top-shelf medical Cannabis and Cannabis products, is leading a...
Reopening: Your business, Your Chamber
Key Resources and Our Approach Last Friday, late in the afternoon, the Mills administration announced the Rural Reopening Plan. This announcement was on the heels of the expanded testing announcement, made the day before. The major takeaway- 12 of our 16 counties...
Reopening Maine
On Friday, May 1st, the stay healthy at home mandate is set to expire in Maine. The April 23rd press conference offered up a vision for reopening from Governor Mills, but offered no details, dates, or plans. Science tells us a safe and sustainable reopening won't be a...
PART 2: PIVOTING TO THE NEXT NORMAL
The past week has brought conflicting messages about a move towards reponening- if not normal- with an extension of the Maine state of civil emergency (now through May 15) and a plan for opening up America. As our workers file for unemployment in record numbers, many...
On-the-Ground Observations: Real-time feedback from LA and beyond
This message is bit longer than usual, and certainly less flashy. Take 5 minutes, and read it fully. Every day I am talking to businesses and organizations dealing with rapid change. Financial institutions implementing new programs quickly. Restaurants shifting to...
The Healing Community Food Challenge
Are you a business that is ready to sign on to support this challenge? Click here to sponsor a family! The extended State of Emergency has left many families in our community without jobs and in desperate need of weekly groceries. The LA Metro Chamber has partnered...