12/2/20 @ 9:50 a.m. - Last week, a Press Release was issued by the Nassau County Chamber of Commerce announcing the second round of sanitation supply distribution for County businesses. Due to a delay in obtaining certain supplies, the distribution originally scheduled for Monday, December 7th has been moved back to Monday, December 14th to allow additional time to secure the products. The event will take place from 8am-4pm on Monday, December 14th at the Chamber's Office located at 961687 Gateway Blvd., Fernandina Beach, FL 32034.

The products are being purchased with Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Funding provided to the County via the CARES Act. The Chamber of Commerce and County have partnered for distribution of sanitation supplies to the local business community to assist in prevention of the spread of COVID-19. These products are available to ALL Nassau County businesses (not just Chamber members).

Attached is the updated Press Release from the Chamber reflecting the new date. If you have any questions, please contact the Chamber of Commerce at (904) 261-3248.

-Sabrina Robertson
 County Manager's Office

Contact:
Nassau County Chamber of Commerce
Regina Duncan
961687 Gateway Blvd., Ste 101G
Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
(904) 261-3248
542196 US-1
(904) 879-1441
Regina@nassaucountyflchamber.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Second Round of Supply Distribution for Nassau County Businesses

November 24, 2020 (Nassau County, FL) The Nassau County Board of County Commissioners recently partnered with the Nassau County Chamber of Commerce to use a portion of the funds from the CARES Act for the distribution of sanitizing supplies to the local business community.

Due to the overwhelming response and need within the business community, more sanitizing supplies are available. Each business will be provided supplies based on the number of employees and materials will be available until all supplies have been distributed. Businesses must bring a copy of either their utility bill or Florida Division of Corporations 2020 registration to receive free supplies. The provided document must show the name of the business and a Nassau County address.

Nassau County businesses that previously received supplies may participate again.
Cases of supplies will be available at the Nassau County Chamber of Commerce on the following dates:

Monday, November 30, 2020
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Nassau County Chamber of Commerce
961687 Gateway Blvd., Suite 101-G
Fernandina Beach, FL 32034

Monday, December 7, 2020
8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Nassau County Chamber of Commerce
961687 Gateway Blvd., Suite 101-G
Fernandina Beach, FL 32034

Supply distribution is available for every Nassau County business, while supplies last. For more information about this program, please contact the Nassau County Chamber of Commerce at (904) 261-3248, www.NassauCountyFLChamber.com, or info@NassauCountyFLChamber.com.

11/8/20 @ 2:00 p.m. - As a reminder, the second sanitation supply giveaway for local businesses is being held on Monday, November, 9, 2020. Below is the original Press Release from October 15th regarding use of CARES funds for this effort.


October 15, 2020:

The Nassau County Board of County Commissioners recently designated a portion of the funds from the CARES Act to be used for the distribution of sanitizing supplies to local businesses and reimbursement funds for disinfectant foggers to certain qualifying businesses.

Sanitizing supplies will be available to all local businesses free of charge on a first-come-first-serve basis. “Providing these programs for the Nassau County business community is critical to the ongoing efforts to assist our citizens, community partners, and businesses recover in these unprecedented times. We are extremely appreciative to the Chamber Board of Directors for the opportunity to partner and execute this program.” Taco Pope, County Manager.
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Three distribution dates and locations have been established, making it easier for all businesses throughout Nassau County to access difficult to acquire sanitizing supplies. Each business will be provided supplies based on the number of employees and materials will be available until all supplies have been distributed. Businesses must bring a copy of either their utility bill or Florida Division of Corporations 2020 registration to receive free supplies. The provided document must show the name of the business and a Nassau County address.

Supplies will be distributed on the following dates and locations:

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 from 8:00-11:00 A.M.
Eat The Frog Fitness parking lot
1531 Sadler Road
Fernandina Beach, FL 32034

Monday, November 9, 2020 from 9:00-11:00 A.M.
The Journey Church parking lot
95707 Amelia Concourse
Yulee, FL 32097

Tuesday, November 10, 2020 from 9:00-11:00 A.M.
West Nassau Historical Society parking lot
45383 Dixie Avenue
Callahan, FL 32011

Daycares and Hospitality businesses may participate in the reimbursement program by submitting a receipt for a disinfectant fogger. For more information and restrictions, please contact the Chamber of Commerce.

According to Regina Duncan, President of the Nassau County Chamber of Commerce, “This program, coupled with the recent distribution of small business grants, will play a significant role in the recovery of our business community. We are pleased to partner with Nassau County to aid the entire business community.”

Supply distribution is available for every Nassau County business. For more information about this program, please contact the Nassau County Chamber of Commerce at (904) 261-3248 or at info@NassauCountyFLChamber.com. 

Nassau County, Florida, November 5, 2020 - The Nassau County Commission has approved the use of the second funding of CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) to assist in rental and mortgage payments. Any activities (reduction hours, reduction in income, termination/layoff of employment) that occurred between March 1, 2020 through December 30, 2020 due to COVID-19 are eligible.
The application submittal period will be November 19th – 30th, 2020. For your application to be considered, it must be received by the Nassau CARES office not later than the 5:00 p.m. on November 30, 2020. 
 
Information about the CRF Program for Rental and Mortgage Assistance will be available at https://www.nassaucountyfl.com/1039/Nassau-CARES starting at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 19th, 2020. Application assistance will be available by contacting Carol Gilchrist between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Thursday, November 19th, through Monday, November 30th at (904) 530-6020 or emailing cgilchrist@nassaucountyfl.com. The office will be closed on Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th.
 
Application packets can be picked up at the following locations during the normal business hours:
 

• Nassau County, James S. Page Governmental Complex, 96135 Nassau Place, Yulee, FL 32097
• Callahan Town Hall, 542300 US Highway 1, Callahan, FL 32011
• Fernandina Beach City Hall, 204 Ash Street, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
  

Online applications will be available at https://www.nassaucountyfl.com/1039/Nassau-CARES starting at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 19th, 2020. To request application packets by email, send your request to cgilchrist@nassaucountyfl.com

Applications and documentation will be accepted at the drop box located at the front entrance of the James S. Page Governmental Complex, 96135 Nassau Place, Yulee, FL 32097 beginning Thursday, November 19th, 2020. For your application to be considered, it must be in the drop box no later than the 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 30, 2020. 
 
Applications sent by mail or by FedEx should be addressed to Nassau CARES Application, 96135 Nassau Place, Yulee, FL 32097. Applications must be delivered by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 30th, 2020. Please note if the carrier does not deliver by 5 p.m. on Monday, November 30th, your application will be ineligible.
 
Incomplete applications or applications with missing documentation may be deemed ineligible.  Applications may not be reviewed if documents are missing, falsified or illegible.  Upon the review, if your application is incomplete, you will be notified by e-mail or telephone and will be provided an opportunity to submit the incomplete information by 5:00 p.m. the following business day.  The incomplete information will need to be hand-delivered to the Nassau County, James S. Page Governmental Complex, 96135 Nassau Place, Yulee, FL 32097 by the deadline. 
 
Eligible applicants will be selected for an award by an independent contractor.  The process for selection will be to sequentially number all submittals on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 (but not in date/time order of submittal).  After all applications have been numbered, a Random Sequence Generator will be used to establish a review sequence.  The applications will be reviewed based on random sequence until the maximum number of eligible applications are processed. 
 
Applicants will be notified of their award beginning December 1st, 2020 by e-mail or phone call.
 
 
 

Contact:
Nassau County Chamber of Commerce
Regina Duncan
961687 Gateway Blvd., Ste 101G
Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
(904) 261-3248
542196 US-1, Callahan, FL 3220
(904) 879-1441
Regina@nassaucountyflchamber.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Supply Distribution for Nassau County Businesses

October 15, 2020 (Nassau County, FL) The Nassau County Board of County Commissioners recently designated a portion of the funds from the CARES Act to be used for the distribution of sanitizing supplies to local businesses and reimbursement funds for disinfectant foggers to certain qualifying businesses. Sanitizing supplies will be available to all local businesses free of charge on a first-come-first-serve basis. “Providing these programs for the Nassau County business community is critical to the ongoing efforts to assist our citizens, community partners, and businesses recover in these unprecedented times. We are extremely appreciative to the Chamber Board of Directors for the opportunity to partner and execute this program.” Taco Pope, County Manager.

Three distribution dates and locations have been established, making it easier for all businesses throughout Nassau County to access difficult to acquire sanitizing supplies. Each business will be provided supplies based on the number of employees and materials will be available until all supplies have been distributed. Businesses must bring a copy of either their utility bill or Florida Division of Corporations 2020 registration to receive free supplies. The provided document must show the name of the business and a Nassau County address.

Supplies will be distributed on the following dates and locations:

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 from 8:00-11:00 A.M.
Eat The Frog Fitness parking lot
1531 Sadler Road
Fernandina Beach, FL 32034

Monday, November 9, 2020 from 9:00-11:00 A.M.
The Journey Church parking lot
95707 Amelia Concourse
Yulee, FL 32097

Tuesday, November 10, 2020 from 9:00-11:00 A.M.
West Nassau Historical Society parking lot
45383 Dixie Avenue
Callahan, FL 32011

Daycares and Hospitality businesses may participate in the reimbursement program by submitting a receipt for a disinfectant fogger. For more information and restrictions, please contact the Chamber of Commerce.
According to Regina Duncan, President of the Nassau County Chamber of Commerce, “This program, coupled with the recent distribution of small business grants, will play a significant role in the recovery of our business community. We are pleased to partner with Nassau County to aid the entire business community.”

Supply distribution is available for every Nassau County business. For more information about this program, please contact the Nassau County Chamber of Commerce at (904) 261-3248, www.nassaucountyflchamber.com or at info@NassauCountyFLChamber.com.

9/3/20 @ 9:40 a.m.

$620,000 in Small Business Grants has been awarded to 62 small business owners as part of Round One of the Nassau CARES Small Business Grant Program. That’s what Taco Pope, Assistant County Manager, presented to the Nassau County Board of County Commissioners at a special meeting yesterday morning.

The program, which was executed in two rounds, offered small business owners who were negatively affected by COVID-19 the chance to apply for a $10,000 grant that did not have to be paid back. The program, which closed on August 31,2020, received 191 applications – 73 in the first round and 118 in the second round. At this time, the second round of applications are still being processed, but the County is expecting around 180 of all applications to be approved.

Final exact numbers will be available the week of September 14, 2020, when all applications are expected to be reviewed and processed. However, first round applications, which have been completed, had an 85% approval rating.

Approved business owners will begin receiving checks after September 8, 2020.

As part of the Nassau CARES program, the County allocated $2.2 million to the Small Business Assistance Grant Program. Each business owner whose application is approved will receive $10,000.

In order to be eligible for the grant, applicants had to meet the following requirements:

• Business has nineteen (19) or less employees or full-time equivalent (FTE) employees.
• Business has not received funds covered by insurance or reimbursement from the Federal Payroll Protection Program (PPP), or other local, state or federal sources in excess of $100,000 related to COVID-19.
• Business has earned less than $2.0 million in gross annual income for 2019.
• Business has been operating and can prove ongoing business operations since August 1, 2019 (1 year).

In addition to the Small Business Grant Program, 86 residents have applied for rental and mortgage assistance from the Nassau CARES funding. Applications are currently under review and checks should start going out in the coming weeks.

About Nassau CARES
Nassau CARES provides for the efficient, targeted distribution of $15.5 million in Coronavirus Relief Funds allocated under the Federal CARES Act (H.R. 748). Nassau CARES provides funding for essential public health and safety expenditures related to COVID-19 including a variety of human service needs, critical economic relief to the local business community, and direct COVID-related costs incurred by the County, Constitutional and Judicial Offices, and the municipalities within Nassau County.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the CARES Office at (904) 530-6800 or email cares@nassaucountyfl.com.

-Sabrina Robertson
 County Manager's Office

8/30/20 @ 1:00 p.m.

Are you a small business owner in Nassau County who has been negatively impacted by COVID-19? Then you could be eligible for up to $10,000 from Nassau CARES’ Small Business Assistance Grant Program. Nassau County’s second round of Small Business Assistance Grants ends August 31, 2020, so don’t delay!

Visit the CARES Website to download an application. CARES representatives will be available from 8am-5pm tomorrow to answer any questions you may have. Call 904-530-6800 or email cares@nassaucountyfl.com.

-Sabrina Robertson
 Public Information Officer

8/28/20 @ 1:30 p.m.

Are you a small business owner in Nassau County who has been negatively impacted by COVID-19? Then you could be eligible for up to $10,000 from Nassau CARES’ Small Business Assistance Grant Program.

Nassau County’s second round of Small Business Assistance Grants ends August 31, 2020, so don’t delay! 

Visit the CARES Website for additional information about the program or to download an application. You can also call (904) 530-6800 or email cares@nassaucountyfl.com.

-Sabrina Robertson
 Public Information Office

8/27/20 @ 11:10 a.m.

Nassau County’s second round of Small Business Assistance Grants ends August 31, 2020, so don’t delay! www.nassaucountyfl.com/1039/Nassau-CARES

If you need assistance, please contact the CARES Office at (904) 530-6800 or email cares@nassaucountyfl.com.
 
-Sabrina Robertson
 Public Information Officer

Are you a small business owner in Nassau County who has been negatively impacted by COVID-19? Then you could be eligible for up to $10,000 from Nassau CARES’ Small Business Assistance Grant Program. Nassau County’s second round of Small Business Assistance Grants ends August 31, 2020, so don’t delay! 

www.nassaucountyfl.com/1039/Nassau-CARES