As we establish a new normal – both here in the Town of Greece and throughout the world – I would like to take a moment to recognize our outstanding community and the ways in which we rally together during both good and difficult times.
The Greece Town Council members and I have been making efforts to assist our community during this difficult time. Last month, we implemented a plan to assist local restaurants and eateries by offering permits to provide outdoor seating. As a former small business owner myself, I can relate to the struggles that many small businesses are going through right now. So I wanted to offer our food service industry an option to be able to serve more residents and do so safely and to help cut some of the devastating losses they have experienced.
In a further effort to assist our community, we recently launched the GROW Greece Program. GROW is an acronym for:
G – Grant Support for Businesses
R – Retain Jobs in Greece
O – Opportunities Provided
W – Working Together to Move Small Business Forward
This program consists of a business grant of up to $5,000 for qualifying Greece businesses. Initially, the main goal is to put forth an effort to assist small businesses that are struggling, but as we rally past the ill effects of this Pandemic, this program will continue to exist with an overall purpose of assisting small business growth and attracting small businesses eager to set up shop and GROW their business in Greece.
We have been brainstorming creative ideas to bring our community together in this age of social distancing. I would like to give a shout out to our team for the idea to host a Drive-In Family Movie Night! The Disney Pixar movie ONWARD premiered at the Greece Town Hall Campus, where attendees had the full drive-in movie theater experience – complete with popcorn! We will be scheduling additional outdoor Family Drive-In Movie Nights this summer. I will keep you posted.
I would like to invite you to follow my Facebook page: Bill Reilich Greece Town Supervisor. Factual information and town related updates are posted to this page regularly. Stay safe and healthy Greece!
