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News for Community
Tuesday, July 28, 2020First Federal Savings initiated community support activities in response to the Marin spike in COVID-19 cases that have impacted our medical professionals and the business community. • “Taste of San Rafael” lunch program provides lunches each weekend for the entire month of July for medical teams at a local hospital. The financial institution became aware that the privately run hospital cafeteria ...read moreCategories: Community, Economic , Press ReleaseMonday, July 27, 2020Let’s Get Everyone Counted This Time! A complete count in the 2020 Census is important for Marin County’s economy over the next 10 years and especially in recovery efforts from COVID-19. Every year, roughly $1.5 trillion in federal resources are distributed using census data. Responding to the census questionnaire helps ensure Marin gets a fair share of funding. These are investments that ...read moreCategories: Chamber, Advocacy, CommunityTuesday, July 14, 2020Governmental Affairs Committee (GAC) provided comment and feedback to City of San Rafael staff’s proposed inclusionary housing and developer incentive pilot program. These changes could create more housing development in the city by providing flexibility in meeting inclusionary requirements and creating incentives.The recommendations include an incentive pilot program to receive additional height ...read moreCategories: Advocacy, Community, Chamber, EconomicMonday, July 06, 2020We are SO appreciative of your overwhelming response to let us help you promote your new way of doing business! One thing is resounding clear – SAN RAFAEL/MARIN COUNTY IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. Even if their doors are closed, the phone lines/websites/online shops are definitely open. Technology has been a blessing in that the majority of businesses are able to continue on via remote/virtual means, ...read moreCategories: Chamber, Economic , Press Release, Community, Human InterestTuesday, June 30, 2020Kaiser Permanente recently released a playbook, “Planning for the Next Normal at Work,”to guide employers and busineses through health consideration they will need to address as they safeguard workplaces during the COVID-10 pandemic and prepare to bring employees back to traditional work environments.Categories: Community, Press Release, Chamber, Education
Tuesday, June 16, 2020Dine11 Marin, an organization formed by a group of Marin residents in the face of the pandemic, has been partnering San Rafael restaurants, healthcare facilities, the San Rafael Public Schools and the Canal Alliance since early April. Their mission is to help struggling restaurants by purchasing meals that are delivered by volunteers to staff at health care facilities. Additionally, Dine11 Marin ...read moreCategories: Community, Chamber, Press Release
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