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Small Businesses Offered Financial Relief During Difficult Time

Small businesses everywhere have been hit hard by the pandemic. In Myrtle Beach, small businesses are being offered financial help to cope with the economic hardship they currently face.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has $600,000 available for small businesses in the area. Businesses can receive anywhere from $1,000 to $25,000, which can go towards a variety of different business expenses. 

Courtney Frappaolo, Horry County’s Community Development and Blocks Grants Director, explained the purpose of the program saying, “The goal of this program from a federal funding standpoint is twofold. It’s to help local communities stabilize their economy but also to ensure that low to moderate-income residents can maintain their jobs and maintain their housing.”

Applicants must meet a variety of requirements in order to be eligible for the grant money – the small businesses must have 25 or fewer employees, be located in Horry County, and show the economic hit they took as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Small businesses have until January 29th to apply. 

If you are interested in applying, click here to access the application.

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Conway Medical Administers First COVID-19 Vaccine In South Carolina

After receiving a shipment of the FDA-authorized Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines on Monday, December 14, Conway Medical Center quickly began to distribute vaccines to healthcare workers. 

Dr. Stephen T. Brady soon became the first individual to receive the vaccine in South Carolina. 

On his decision to receive the vaccine, Dr. Brady said, “The hope is that this will come in and it will get down to being like the regular flu and we can get out together. We can travel together. We can see the world. We can be part of the universe again. And realize that we have overcome this once again.”

While Conway Medical Center is not requiring their staff to receive the vaccine, many healthcare workers have already expressed their eagerness to get vaccinated. 

Angela Williford, Conway Medical Center’s Vice President of Quality, is hopeful that the vaccine will help everyone get back to some sense of normalcy. In a statement on the rollout of the vaccine, Williford said, “We all see this as a lifeline for all of us to getting our lives back. I don’t know whether it is the end of the beginning, or the beginning of the end, but it’s extremely exciting.”

As coronavirus cases have continued to rise throughout the state, the arrival of the vaccine is causing many to become cautiously optimistic about the future.