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Athens Chamber holds coronavirus conference calls

The Athens Area Chamber of Commerce is scheduling conference calls with local elected officials and business leaders, calls that take place more or less daily in Athens, looking to stay on top of the latest coronavirus developments. Chamber president David Bradley says the calls are accessible to the public at the Chamber website. 

From Athens Area Chamber of Commerce president David Bradley…

Hey everyone – we are in the process of setting up a contact group for local press folks – bear with me with this first one –

We are hosting several video conference calls on a daily basis in which anyone is invited. We are trying to share pertinent fact based information for as wide a group as possible. Many of those calls will include Mayor Girtz, County Manager Blaine Williams – For the next several weeks we will weekly host

  • Tuesdays - call for business assistance and information on Tuesdays @ 8:00 (with Kelly and Blaine)
  • Wednesdays -- 9:00 we host a video-conference with Envision Athens, Athens Area Community Foundation, CCSD, United Way of NE GA, Athens Clarke County Unified Govt and the Chamber

We will also host a number of topically specific calls - 2 on the SBA and Emergency Relief Loans, Unemployment Insurance and payments ---- As soon as the Stimulus package that was signed this past weekend is finalized, we will have one with local banks. It is so important to note that some banks will choose NOT to participate. Customers at those banks will not have direct access to some Stimulus funds. The ideal thing to do is to contact their local banker as soon as possible to get direction. 

Virtually all of the calls we have had are available and recorded on our website @ https://www.athensga.com/covid-19-resources/

Please feel free to share any/all information and know that we will help get fact based information out in any way shape or form. I will try, beginning in the next few minutes to get you updated as a group when are our next calls are. 

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