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DAILY REPORT
Contact COVID-19 Hotline
The State of Georgia has a new COVID-19 hotline. If you believe that you are experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 or have been exposed to the novel coronavirus, please contact your primary care doctor, an urgent care clinic, or your local federally qualified healthcare center. Please do not show up unannounced at an emergency room or health care facility. Hotline: (844) 442-2681 To stay ahead of the situation and maintain a healthy community and membership, the Warren County Chamber of Commerce will continue to monitor COVID-19 through updates provided by the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH). Per a DPH news release, ‘should it become necessary, DPH may recommend appropriate community mitigation measures for affected communities, such as temporary closure of child care facilities and schools/colleges and universities, school and workplace social distancing measures, and postponement or cancellation of mass gatherings.’ We will post closures as received here from official sources.
The Chamber is taking this matter seriously, and any event postponements necessary shall be communicated to the Chamber membership via traditional member communication methods (website, blast emails, and the Chamber’s Facebook page) as well as other local media outlets. We plan to add up to date information here as needed. |
Closures around the CommunityWarren County Schools
is closed until further notice. Warren County Senior Center is closed until further notice. East Georgia Housing Authority Closed for all regular business until April 6th, 2020. Warren County Library is closed until further notice. Family Connection is closed to the public. Warren County Courthouse open to the public. Certain offices are restricting access. Depot Welcome Center Warren County Chamber Hometown Warrenton open to the public. |
Businesses in the Community
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Manufacturing
ACM Georgia - Open Georgia-Pacific - Open Retail
Smith Farm Supply - Curbside Service Only Wilhoit Propane - Open Downtown
Shiloh Acres Farm Shop - Open |
Restaurants
Miss Janes - Closed Grab and Go - Open, Take out only Java Jolt Coffee Shop - Open, Take out only Gas Stations
Molly's Fuel/Jet - Open Chevron of Warrenton - Open Gunn Mini Mart - Open Doug's Quick Stop - Open |
Community Event Cancellations / Postponements
Area Children's Theatre practices - moved to remote conference calls.
Chamber After Hours at the Jewell Box - postponed for a future date.
Historic Pews & Pulpits - March tour canceled. (next tour October 16th).
Hometown Warrenton Committee Meetings - canceled.
Wonderland Arts Festival and 5K - postponed till September 2020.
Warrenton Bird Show for March - postponed till a future date.
Chamber After Hours at the Jewell Box - postponed for a future date.
Historic Pews & Pulpits - March tour canceled. (next tour October 16th).
Hometown Warrenton Committee Meetings - canceled.
Wonderland Arts Festival and 5K - postponed till September 2020.
Warrenton Bird Show for March - postponed till a future date.
News and Updates
Warren county board of commissioners
Governor of Georgia's Executive Order related to COVID-19
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Essential Businesses:
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warren county school system
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ATTENTION:
Please return all Media Center books Wednesday when you come to pick up packets between 12:00 and 6:00pm. At the same time, you will pick up breakfast and lunch for your children for two days. MEF and WCMS packet pickup will be on the bus ramp. HS will drive-thru the front of the school.NO ONE WILL BE GETTING OUT OF THEIR CARS! It will be a drive-thru pickup. HS Seniors will meet with Jostens in the atrium to deliver cap and gowns. Cap and gown pictures are rescheduled at this time; we will send out updates later. JOSTENS WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FROM 12:00 - 2:00pm. Mr. Akella is asking all the students who checked out Ti 84 calculators for SAT to be returned on Wednesday when you pick up your packets. |
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EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA HOUSING AUTHORITY
"If you need to do business with the housing authority, please call us first. Our offices will not be open for normal traffic. Most things can be done over the phone. If you need to get documents or payments to us, use the drop box. And finally, if you must come in, please make an appointment. We will ask you if anyone in your household is sick. If they are, we will make other arrangements.
WORK ORDERS:
When you call in a work order, we will ask if anyone is sick. If it is not an emergency we may postpone the work order. Emergency work orders will be mitigated within 24 hours.
Right now, we need to be patient and flexible. We serve seniors and the medically fragile. We do not need to spread sickness to our residents.
Sincerely,
Kelly S. Evans
Executive Director"
WORK ORDERS:
When you call in a work order, we will ask if anyone is sick. If it is not an emergency we may postpone the work order. Emergency work orders will be mitigated within 24 hours.
Right now, we need to be patient and flexible. We serve seniors and the medically fragile. We do not need to spread sickness to our residents.
Sincerely,
Kelly S. Evans
Executive Director"
Family connection of warren county, inc.
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"EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
Date: 03/17/2020 Due to the recent covid-19 pandemic, Family Connection of Warren County, Inc., acting in the best interest of our staff, the community and their families, we will continue to provide services with modified client intake processes. We will be operating under the following business hours until further notice; Mon.-Fri. 8am-3pm. We will be assisting all clients via phone, fax and email. There will be absolutely no in person contact during this time. We are taking the necessary precautions to ensure the health and safety of our staff and that of the community. Thanks in advance for your cooperation. -FC Staff" |
csra business lending
"As many of you are aware CSRA Business Lending is a non-profit Certified Development Company of SBA serving businesses and banks throughout Georgia and South Carolina by offering SBA-504 loans.
SBA has this morning released further details on SBA Direct Disaster Loans that will be made available to businesses impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19). We wanted to pass this information along to the businesses, lenders, and communities we serve in Georgia and South Carolina and ask that you forward to all your contacts to assist businesses in your community.
SBA announced last night that they have waived the normal disaster deceleration process allowing Governors to declare their entire states eligible. As a result, many more states have begun to pop up as eligible on the SBA Disaster website and SBA indicated this morning they expect all states to be eligible by Friday. With that said be reminded SBA has never faced a disaster of this magnitude and it will take them some time to get the delivery resources of the program in place. In a typical year they make $1 billion in disaster loans with over 80% of those going to consumers (farmers, consumers after a hurricane). Between 2005 and 2015 SBA handled a total of $4 billion in disaster loans. This disaster loan program is 50 times larger than the typical year at $50 billion. For comparison the entire SBA 7(a) program made $30 billion in loans last year using the entire network of banks nationally. They are going to be asked to loan almost double the amount of the total volume of SBA 7(a) loans they do in a year in a fraction of the time they normally do."
Small Business Administration Loan Programs for COVID-19
Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Programs Presentation
SBA has this morning released further details on SBA Direct Disaster Loans that will be made available to businesses impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19). We wanted to pass this information along to the businesses, lenders, and communities we serve in Georgia and South Carolina and ask that you forward to all your contacts to assist businesses in your community.
SBA announced last night that they have waived the normal disaster deceleration process allowing Governors to declare their entire states eligible. As a result, many more states have begun to pop up as eligible on the SBA Disaster website and SBA indicated this morning they expect all states to be eligible by Friday. With that said be reminded SBA has never faced a disaster of this magnitude and it will take them some time to get the delivery resources of the program in place. In a typical year they make $1 billion in disaster loans with over 80% of those going to consumers (farmers, consumers after a hurricane). Between 2005 and 2015 SBA handled a total of $4 billion in disaster loans. This disaster loan program is 50 times larger than the typical year at $50 billion. For comparison the entire SBA 7(a) program made $30 billion in loans last year using the entire network of banks nationally. They are going to be asked to loan almost double the amount of the total volume of SBA 7(a) loans they do in a year in a fraction of the time they normally do."
Small Business Administration Loan Programs for COVID-19
Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Programs Presentation
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