EVOLVE Business and Professional Magazine August 2020 | Page 17

FEDERAL PANDEMIC HELP,
A ‘LIFELINE’ TO
LOCAL BUSINESS
by Aaron London
Business planning under the best of circumstances isn’t
an exact science. But add a global pandemic to the mix
and that can throw even the most detailed calculations
and wildfires, reacting to an invisible threat was not on most
companies’ radar.
For Volusia County businesses large and small, 2020 put the
out the window. While businesses in coastal counties are always
mindful of the threat of natural disasters, especially hurricanes
idea of contingency planning to the test. And while the grades
are not yet complete, with the help of federal, state and local
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