Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Planners Are Helping Small Businesses Become Resilient Amidst the Pandemic
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Planners Are Helping Small Businesses Become Resilient Amidst the Pandemic
When the coronavirus pandemic dramatically halted normal economic activity in March, many knew small business owners and their employees would not come away unscathed. But small businesses are critical to our communities, making up 44 percent of all economic activity in the United States. Thankfully, community planners are stepping up in big ways to find relief for these businesses — the lifeblood of their localities.
In this episode of the podcast, APA public affairs manager Emily Pasi talks with Angela Cleveland, AICP, director of community and economic development for the City of Amesbury, Massachusetts, and Matthew Coogan, AICP, chief of staff for the City of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Amesbury and Newburyport — the former boasting a thriving restaurant scene, the latter an engine largely fueled by tourism — were each awarded $400,000 in emergency Community Development Block Grant funding via the CARES Act.
Angela and Matt outline the serious need they saw in their communities’ small businesses before the funding was delivered, as well as the ways various city departments came together to lift up struggling enterprises and help them innovate. They provide advice for planners who want to help their communities not just stay solvent, but recover stronger.
View all episodes
By American Planning Association
4.5
5757 ratings
When the coronavirus pandemic dramatically halted normal economic activity in March, many knew small business owners and their employees would not come away unscathed. But small businesses are critical to our communities, making up 44 percent of all economic activity in the United States. Thankfully, community planners are stepping up in big ways to find relief for these businesses — the lifeblood of their localities.
In this episode of the podcast, APA public affairs manager Emily Pasi talks with Angela Cleveland, AICP, director of community and economic development for the City of Amesbury, Massachusetts, and Matthew Coogan, AICP, chief of staff for the City of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Amesbury and Newburyport — the former boasting a thriving restaurant scene, the latter an engine largely fueled by tourism — were each awarded $400,000 in emergency Community Development Block Grant funding via the CARES Act.
Angela and Matt outline the serious need they saw in their communities’ small businesses before the funding was delivered, as well as the ways various city departments came together to lift up struggling enterprises and help them innovate. They provide advice for planners who want to help their communities not just stay solvent, but recover stronger.
More shows like American Planning Association
View all
On the Media
9,181 Listeners
On Point | Podcast
3,914 Listeners
The Strong Towns Podcast
417 Listeners
99% Invisible
26,233 Listeners
The Urbanist
288 Listeners
Hidden Brain
43,685 Listeners
The Intercept Briefing
6,107 Listeners
Upzoned
150 Listeners
The War on Cars
906 Listeners
Your Undivided Attention
1,532 Listeners
Life Kit
4,388 Listeners
Strict Scrutiny
5,670 Listeners
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
14,342 Listeners
Booked on Planning
21 Listeners
Networth and Chill with Your Rich BFF
1,725 Listeners