There are 14 article(s) tagged COVID-19 recovery:

• July 2020

  • Pent-up leisure demand keeps hotels afloat

    Hotel occupancy rates nationally nearly doubled between early April and July 4, but industry is still hunkered down because of business travel shutdown and recent spikes in COVID-19 cases.

    By Wayne Risher July 15, 2020

  • Paycheck Protection loan applications resume

    Paycheck Protection Program forgivable loan applications resume with Aug. 8 deadline and nearly $130 billion still left in the program till.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 06, 2020

• June 2020

  • The Four Way wins EDGE grant for COVID comeback

    Nearly $500,000 in emergency economic development grants have been approved for 88 Memphis small businesses struggling to rebound from COVID-19. The Four Way is among latest recipients.

    By Wayne Risher June 26, 2020

  • More restaurants reopening, including East Memphis & Cooper-Young favorites

    More restaurants reopen as June ushers in the change of season along with a change of minds. But the virus is still here, and we still have to be cautious as we get out more and more.

    By Jennifer Biggs June 01, 2020

• May 2020

  • FedEx offers #SupportSmall business grants

    FedEx's new #SupportSmall business grant program is accepting applications through June 12. Winners will receive $5,000 grants and $500 in print and business services.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 26, 2020

  • Science can bring happiness in the time of COVID-19

    Finding a light when things are so dark is what scientists do, and this is how society will think (not just spend) our way out of this pandemic and all its consequences.

    By William Evans May 17, 2020

  • Baker, barber, groomer receive grants to sustain inner-city businesses

    The Economic Development Growth Engine has $862,500 left to distribute in Neighborhood Emergency Economic Development grants after approving 24 grants totaling $137,500 over the past three weeks.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 15, 2020

  • Beale Street reopening rules keep booze, music indoors

    City and Beale Street management officials announced a limited reopening of Beale Street restaurants and shops under a plan that bars outdoor drinking and music.

    By Wayne Risher May 08, 2020

  • Surge prediction pushed to summer, broad compliance seen with ‘Back to Business’

    Three days into the first round of local business reopenings, there are lots of questions about the specific safeguards businesses are to take.

    By Bill Dries May 06, 2020

  • Education stimulus funds should restore what children lost

    The Tennessee Department of Education and Gov. Bill Lee should use federal stimulus money to restore our children and their schools back to the position they were in prior to March 20, 2020.

    By Terri C. Harris May 05, 2020

  • A Memphis music playlist for April/May

    This month's playlist is accompanied by news about the Music Export Memphis COVID-19 Relief Fund, which to date has awarded more than $100,000 in grants to individual Memphis musicians.

    By Elizabeth Cawein May 02, 2020

• April 2020

  • Sanford: Three reassuring words in the COVID crisis

    Watching Alisa Haushalter, director of the Shelby County Health Department, explain our new reality in a calm, measured and fact-based tone, I came away with more optimism than pessimism about our prospects for overcoming this ruthless pandemic.

    By Otis Sanford April 30, 2020

  • COVID-19 patients face a long journey to recovery

    Those who survive moderately severe and severe cases of the virus may face aftereffects such as reduced vitality, shortness of breath, lung infections and decreased mental capacity, among other problems. 

    By Moacir Schnapp April 18, 2020

  • Chamber opens small biz lunch series to public via Zoom

    Greater Memphis Chamber has retooled a live, monthly, members-only small business program to a twice-a-week, virtual, free presentation to help businesses navigate COVID-19 recovery. It begins Thursday, April 16.

    By Wayne Risher April 15, 2020