Start Local, Start Together

By City Alive

April 16, 2020

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While the Governor's sate-at-home mandate is in effect, local businesses need our help to weather the storm. This newsletter is dedicated to ways that we can—and are—coming together as a community to support the homegrown businesses that are cornerstones in our communities.

Our Guide: 5 Easy Ways to (Safely) Support Local Businesses

And why it's more important now than ever.

A few weeks without sales can be devastating, even fatal, to a small business—and we’re a few weeks into this thing already, with no clear end in sight. Here are 5 easy ways to safely support the local businesses that you love.

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LAUNCHING: Our latest video features Vegos, a food businesses that received financial support through City Alive partners, Nusenda and Street Food Institute.

Vegos is a Nusenda Co-op Capital loan recipient through the Street Food Institute. They continue serving our community (for pickup only), and their food is so good they recently received a top rating nationally for their vegan burrito

COVID_19 Resources Page: Updated

Check out the up-to-date business supports.

We've created a COVID-19 resources page aimed at providing Albuquerque businesses with easy access to programs, resource opportunities, and other supports as they weather the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Check out the resources

Partner Highlight: Comcast offering internet essentials

Comcast has developed a comprehensive COVID-19 response to keep individuals and families connected to the Internet, including:

Connecting the Dots...

To walk our talk, we hired two local illustrators this week to create images for our COVID-19 resources page and latest article. Thank you Ella Trujillo and Dale Deforest for the beautiful illustrations. They're a breeze to work with and come highly recommended. Support your local artists!