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Business Buzz City moves forward with grant application During a special meeting May 19 the Newton City Commission passed a a resolution to apply for the 2021 Kansas Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program from the Department of Commerce. "It’s the third round of COVID-relief funds for small businesses," said Erin McDaniel, director of public information for the city of Newton. "The City is applying to the Kansas Dept. of Commerce for $150,000 that will then be given out to local businesses that suffered losses during the pandemic." Funds will be awarded to cities and counti...

SBA Launches Webinar Series to Help Small Business Owners & Entrepreneurs On May 21, 2021 The U.S. Small Business Administration and the non-profit Public Private Strategies Institute will launch a new regional webinar series, “Getting Back on Track: Help is Here,” to provide Main Street entrepreneurs with the information and resources they need to continue to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The educational webinars will feature speakers from The White House, the SBA, Members of Congress, and small business leaders, and will provide updates on the American R...

arrow Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Len Berk, David Zabar, and Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul on May 10, 2021 Manhattan Borough President Brewer's office When the pandemic began, lox slicer Len Berk was furloughed from Zabar's. At first, as Berk recounted in the Forward last year, he was fired because, with his supervisor saying, "I love you, but you’re over 90 years old and you’re in the group that is most susceptible to the virus and if you got it, if anything happened to you, I could never forgive myself." Berk returned to work last month, and on Monday, the ...

Looking Ahead to 2022 with ‘Realistic Optimism’ Stock valuations are driven by future expectations. That mindset proved beneficial to equity investors who were willing to look towards the future with optimistic expectations for a re-opened world and the resultant economic recovery. They have been rewarded with positive returns over the past twelve months, but now that we are in recovery mode, what comes next?  Our Three Tactical Rules* shape our view as we look out over the next ninety days. Looking longer term, however, we also consider many qualitative inputs to help inform decision ma...

Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff kissed through their masks Wednesday - even though they are both vaccinated and CDC guidelines say those who have the shot can be together without masks.