Providing Funding to Businesses Will Be Crucial in Recovery
In our series, The Big Fix, industry experts explore how the region can rebound from the coronavirus shutdown
When there is change in consumer behavior, there are also opportunities for entrepreneurs with vision, access to capital and the skill to implement successfully.
Infrastructure and Workforce Will Help Attract Companies
In our series, The Big Fix, industry experts explore how the region can rebound from the coronavirus shutdown
Developers are working to strengthen the Capital Region’s competitive advantages and redefine its value proposition for businesses looking to move or expand.
Getting to Know: Leslie Bosserman
Founder of The Makers Place builds a support system for working parents
Longing for a way to be creative during the hours she felt most energized, Bosserman set out to develop a community space for working families in early 2018.
The New Normal
Sacramento businesses face challenges adapting to COVID-19 landscape
Despite the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus still soaring around California and throughout the country, state and local governments have begun loosening restrictions on businesses. Here’s how businesses are adjusting.
Status Check: Health Care Hanging On
Local leaders say they’re undaunted by intense fiscal impacts from COVID-19
COVID-19 has presented significant challenges for health care. At least for the moment, though, local providers have been hanging tough and looking toward economic recovery.
Photos: Volunteers Respond to Calls to Clean Up Sacramento Businesses
Volunteers help clean up around several businesses in downtown Sacramento that had been damaged during national protests over the weekend in response to the May 25 police killing of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis.
Coronavirus Divergence
At McClellan Park, one side is bustling, the other side is quiet
During normal times, McClellan Park is busy with 18,000 employees working for the 220 businesses on campus, which has 9 million square feet of building space. But due to the coronavirus, only the warehouses and a few offices remain open.
Bringing Downtown Back
Michael Ault of Downtown Sacramento Partnership talks about businesses reopening
Gov. Gavin Newsom said that “some retail, manufacturing, and logistics businesses” would be allowed to reopen beginning May 8. Comstock’s spoke with Downtown Sacramento Partnership Executive Director Michael Ault about what a limited reopening might look like in the Sacramento region.
California’s Essential Workers to Get Benefit of the Doubt if They Contract COVID-19
California’s essential workers will get new workers’ compensation protections under an executive order signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom — a move that could cost the state billions of dollars in claims from COVID-19-infected workers.
Newsom: State Can Begin Gradual Reopening Friday
California is ready to partially reopen major sectors of its economy as early as this Friday, including retail shops and the manufacturers that supply them, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on May 4.