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“…Speed decided to elevate her usual celebration of Black History Month on Facebook. Almost each day in February this year, Speed spotlighted one Black leader in the local area. ‘It’s a bunch of people that don’t know the value that we have right here in Gainesville,’ Speed said. ‘I feel there’s a lot of people that don’t know the history of how much we have accomplished. ”
“Alyssa Brown, vice president of public policy for the Greater Gainesville Chamber of Commerce, said in the first rounds of PPP loans, 3,700 businesses in Alachua County received them, totaling about $267 million in funding and helping to save thousands of jobs. ‘We’re not out of the woods, but I think the first two rounds have definitely been helpful to businesses,’ she said.”
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