Assistant City Manager Len Bramble said Thursday that McGowan and other merchants may only have to wait until June 19-20, when the city hopes to host the Howard Alan-produced 28th annual Downtown Venice Craft Festival.
“We are keenly interested in how we might be able to carefully open things up slowly and methodically back up,” Bramble said, adding that the city has been chatting with representatives of Howard Alan Events about an appropriate COVID-19 social distancing plan. “We’re going to be discussing that with them early next week.”
After that, Bramble said the city hopes to be able to permit a July 4 fireworks display, then the Venice MainStreet-sponsored Venice Beach Party and the Women’s Sertoma-sponsored Sun Fiesta and the Chalk Festival at the Venice Municipal Airport Fairgrounds.
Business owners and visitors in downtown Venice have mixed feelings over wearing masks Mixed reaction over mask wearing policies in Suncoast businesses. (Source: WWSB) By Rick Adams | March 5, 2021 at 7:55 PM EST - Updated March 5 at 7:57 PM
VENICE, Fla. (WWSB) - The mask wearing debate is heating up following the arrest of 51-year-old Nancy Simpson. Simpson refused to wear a mask in the lobby of the Days Inn in Port Charlotte and leave the property. She would then get into an altercation with deputies.
“I have a problem with that because I think it’s part of our responsibility, part of being in this community or whatever community she was from,” said Robert Gartrell, a Venice resident.
VENICE – Merchants who have relied on sales to people who frequented larger special events – notably Howard Alan-hosted arts festivals – are still hopeful that the city of Venice will greenlight larger gatherings, but Assistant City Manager Len Bramble said the risks of COVID-19 still are too great.
“In our heads and our hearts, we’re not ready yet,” Bramble said Friday afternoon, when asked about the prospect after participating in a small and socially distanced unveiling of an interactive sea turtle sculpture at Venice Beach.
“Really, we spent a good amount of time comparing statistics and other things between Dec. 8, when the city last evaluated this, and we had to say ‘no’ then, to now,” he continued on Friday. “Yesterday was the most recent data.”
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NEW YORK, Jan. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Bbot Inc., a restaurant and hospitality tech startup dedicated to simplifying and improving the ordering and payment process, today announced the closing of a $4 million seed extension funding round.
Rally Ventures, a national leader in early-stage business technology investing, led the round, with participation from existing investor
Craft Ventures, an early-stage venture fund. With this latest seed extension round, the company s total funding is now $7.3 million.
The financing will allow Bbot to hire new talent, accelerate its product development and deepen its focus on providing exceptional service to its hundreds of hospitality customers. In 2021, the company will deliver a new feature that reinvents the traditional bar tab by allowing guests and servers to both add to and place orders on a joint tab. Additionally, this year Bbot plans to release its own API, to give hospitality tech partners the ability to build
Kara Morgan
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LIBERTY Kara Morgan keeps busy as the executive assistant to the superintendent of the Mahoning County Board of Developmental Disabilities.
In her role with MCBDD, she takes pride in being able to serve others and make lives better for many, even during a pandemic.
“I love knowing that even if in the smallest way, I am helping to make people’s lives better,” she said. “Prior to the pandemic when we were able to visit the school and the folks at the Centre at Javit, it was always wonderful to see everyone. I am a people person at heart and I look forward to the end of this pandemic so we can get back normal.”