News About Town: Recently Fire & EMS Chief Rob Kinniburgh filmed a brief explanation regarding emergency response preparedness for the coronavirus in Matthews. Watch it here.
News Around Town: Mecklenburg County has created two grant programs for small businesses affected by Coronavirus. First is a COVID-19 Small Business Emergency Stabilization Loan Fund in partnership with Carolina Small Business Development Fund. The second is a Micro Business Stabilization Fund, which will be managed through Centralina Council of Governments (CCOG). Applications are simple and quick and disbursements are available within 10 days of filing an application. More details can be found on the county website.
One Fun Thing: Get out your library card and join the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library tomorrow, April 11. “In Living Color” is a virtual activity day filled with fun, color-themed activities and resource lists to build your creativity. Go for a Color Walk, play an online game, take Face Painting 101, and/or stream a movie online. The library has plenty of activities to suit everyone. Find more information here. If you participate and want to share what you did, tag @cmlibrary and use the hashtags #CMLinlivingcolor and #icanwithCML.