Nevada Metropolis, Calif. October 26, 2020 – The County of Nevada Workplace of Emergency Providers (OES) is providing native small enterprise house owners, with 25 staff or much less, masks and hand sanitizer for free of charge. This private protecting tools (PPE) has been made obtainable to California small companies by the California Governor’s Workplace of Emergency Providers (CalOES) in collaboration with the Workplace of the Small Enterprise Advocate (CalOSBA).
“We all know of us are busy, which is why we purpose to make PPE decide up simple and handy. Small companies could request PPE on-line, then cease by anytime throughout enterprise hours to choose up their hand sanitizer and masks. We are going to proceed offering PPE so long as provides final,” says Robin Davies, Chief Government Officer of the Grass Valley Chambers.
PPE can be obtainable for decide up in Western Nevada County at three places: the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Nevada County Contractors’ Affiliation, and ZAP Manufacturing. In Truckee, small companies could decide up PPE from the Truckee Chamber of Commerce.
“We proceed to see new COVID instances across the nation and winter is simply across the nook. With the cooler climate, we’ll must be much more diligent to maintain our neighborhood protected. It is necessary that staff have the tools they should shield themselves and others, which is why we’re glad to be partnering with a number of beneficiant organizations to assist get PPE into the arms of these interfacing with the general public every day,” says Paul Cummings, Nevada County OES Program Supervisor.
Ruth Geresy, the Truckee Chamber of Commerce’s Director of Operations and Membership Providers Supervisor states, “Offering PPE to small companies at no-cost offers a much-needed reduction for a lot of companies which have needed to shoulder further bills throughout financially difficult occasions.”
“A lot of our members took benefit of the primary spherical of PPE distributed final July, and we’re wanting ahead to supporting the enterprise neighborhood once more this fall,” says Bre Deschaine, Supervisor with the Nevada County Contractors’ Affiliation.
To request PPE, enterprise house owners are requested to finish one utility on-line per firm prematurely of selecting up PPE. Companies could request PPE on-line at: www.MyNevadaCounty.com/PPE. After finishing the net request kind, small companies could print their affirmation e-mail, or show their affirmation e-mail when selecting up their PPE. Small companies could ship a member of the family, volunteer, or worker as a proxy to choose up the protecting tools. Hand sanitizer and surgical masks can be obtainable whereas provides final.
Along with offering no-cost PPE, the County of Nevada in coordination with the Environmental Well being Division acknowledged the extreme affect that has befallen native eating places, bars and breweries, physique artwork & tattoo, swimming pool and spa, and arranged campground amenities as a result of COVID-19 pandemic. The lack to function and remaining in compliance with the State of California Public Well being Orders for public well being and security throughout COVID-19 which proceed at present, prompted the Environmental Well being Division to work with the County Government Workplace to create a one-time allow payment waiver. The request was authorised by the County Board of Supervisors on October 13, 2020.
By way of an utility course of, house owners and operators of Nevada County eating places, bars and breweries, physique artwork and tattoo amenities, swimming swimming pools and spas, in addition to organized campground amenities could apply for a waiver of allow charges for the upcoming Fiscal 12 months, November 1, 2020 by October 31, 2021.
The waiver utility course of opened October 23, 2020 and can shut on November 30, 2020. Companies are inspired to use early and full all areas on the waiver utility kind. For questions, please name 5300-265-1222 x 3, or go to www.mynevadacounty.com/EHPermitWaiver.
Grass Valley PPE Pickup Places: Please be aware hours of operation differ.
Grass Valley Chambers of Commerce
128 E Essential St, Grass Valley, CA 95945
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM, Monday-Friday
Nevada County Contractors’ Affiliation 149 Crown Level Court docket, Suite A, Grass Valley, CA 95945
8:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday
ZAP Manufacturing
12086 Charles Dr, Grass Valley, CA 95945
8:00 AM to eight:00 PM Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM Saturdays
Truckee PPE Pickup Location:
Truckee Chamber of Commerce
10065 Donner Move Rd., Truckee, CA 96161
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Monday-Friday
