Working closely with the City of Belmont staff liaison, our organizations coordinated efforts to develop a comprehensive DBDA/Main Street/City of Belmont "Keep The Lights On In Belmont" initiative supporting the Downtown Belmont Businesses in the face of COVID-19.  

 

AWARENESS & COMMUNITY SUPPORT:

• Keep The Lights On awareness video pushing viewers to City informational website

• City informational page added to City of Belmont website showing open businesses and special hours/offers

• Keep The Lights On hashtag signs video building positivity & unity, highlighting open business, reinforcing City information website

• Hashtag yard signs placed in front of downtown businesses to build community and bring awareness to open businesses

• Virtual 5K fundraiser promotional video for social media

• Belmont Strong t-shirt with donation promotional video for social media

• PPE relief distribution promotional video for social media

 

FUNDRAISING:

• Downtown Belmont Business Relief Fund

• DBDA/Keep The Lights On website with online donation buttons downtownbelmont.org/keepthelightsoninbelmont

• Virtual 5K fundraising event, website page, and facebook event page  downtown belmont.org/virtual5krunwalk

• Belmont Strong T-shirt gift with donation

• Gift Card matching fund promotion

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LOANS:

• City implemented small business emergency loan program under the Keep The Lights On banner

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ADVOCACY:

• Advocacy letter, sent to our State and US Representatives, encouraging legislation for small businesses grants and offering consideration of programs such as Main Street’s, as a distribution vehicle 

• Informational letter sent to Downtown Belmont commercial property owners informing them of assistance they can receive and encouraging them to pass along any received relief to tenants

 

RELIEF:

• $15,000 raised to date

• 93 boxes of gloves, 2000 surgical masks, 75 1/2 gallons of hand sanitizer, and counting, distributed to businesses