With the announcement of South Carolina reopening, the City of Columbia released the Resilient Columbia Business Reopening Survey to seek input from local business owners and managers.    The survey will assess the timeframe of reopening and new enhanced safety protocols. This information is vital to understanding what practices are being implemented so the city can begin to time the promotion for a more widespread opening of our local business community.    Business owners and managers are…

COLUMBIA S.C. – Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin will hold a Zoom conference meeting of Midlands area local business owners as well as city and county officials on Friday, May 1 at 11:00 am to discuss ideas on the logistics and timetable to ease social distancing and reopen businesses. Members of the media and public will be able to view the meeting via live stream on the City of Columbia’s Website and YouTube page. Contact: Skot…

Due to success of the economic plan, in today’s meeting, Columbia City Council added another $400,000 to the program. Recognizing the enormous financial impact on local businesses resulting from drastic operational changes and closures due to the COVID-19 containment and social isolation measures, on March 20 Columbia City Council unanimously passed A Resilient Columbia: Economic Sustainability Plan. The plan provides forgivable loans offering short-term financial relief to small businesses, located within the corporate limits of…

The City of Columbia and its Office of Business Opportunities is extremely concerned about the impact of the outbreak of the Coronavirus, now referred to as COVID-19 pandemic on our small business community.  The Office of Business Opportunities would like to reach out to small business owners in the Columbia area to assess the needs of their business at this time.  Small business owners may complete the following survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/COVID-19COCbizsurvey , so that we can determine the…