The Columbus Consolidated Government held a news conference today, August 10th, 2020 in the City Services Center to announce details of the local application process for grant funding from the federal CARES Act. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) provides vital resources to local organizations for recovery of COVID19 necessary related expenses that are not reimbursed by any other source. The federal funds for CARES have been sent to the state of Georgia, and those monies will be distributed through the Columbus, GA Consolidated Government. (CCG).

“Our community has an amazing spirit that continues on, even in the face of some tough challenges. With the COVID-10 pandemic, businesses continue to work on ways to stay open and serve their customers. Our community assistance groups, non-profits, arts agencies and our medical and healthcare organizations have worked tirelessly to help others,” said Mayor Skip Henderson. “We know these funds will help these groups recover some of their expenses and enable them to continue their work.”

According to Georgia guidelines, the city of Columbus is eligible for up to $34,000,000 in CARES funds. City Manager Isaiah Hugley noted, “We want to ensure that Columbus receives every dollar we are eligible for in these CARE funds which will help so many in our community with unreimbursed expenses that they have incurred because of COVID-19. Columbus proves once again that with our collaborative private/public partnerships, we create better opportunities by working together.”

CCG has hired Media, Marketing and More! Inc. to be the project manager for this program, working with Deputy City Managers Lisa Goodwin and Pam Hodge, and Director of Finance Angelica Alexander.

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