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Wednesday's Daily Pulse
What you need to know about Florida today
› Jacksonville City Council approves relief package for small businesses
The Jacksonville City Council on Monday unanimously approved a relief package for small businesses, which will pay a $1,000 grant and cover the fees, interest and principal of loans for qualifying businesses that borrow from Vystar Credit Union.
› Broward sports apparel company shifts from lacrosse to protective masks
On first glance, it seems like a typical Monday morning at Lacrossewear’s Coconut Creek facility. Inside its 12,000-square foot headquarters, the sports apparel company’s team of seamstresses and designers are hard at work creating a new line of inventory. Usually, that would entail fashioning custom-made jerseys or performance wear for various teams. But with the coronavirus pandemic continuing to impact the country, Lacrossewear called an audible with its production lines.
› Restaurant group executive takes pay cut amid crisis
Like many restaurant companies, Bloomin’ Brands (NASDAQ: BLMN) — the parent firm of Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill and Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar — has been hammered by the coronavirus pandemic. According to a report from Yahoo! Finance and MarketWatch, Bloomin’ Brands’ stock has lost more than 70% of its value over the past year.
› Churches across Tampa Bay grapple with coronavirus economic fallout
Dazed, fearful and for the most part heeding the guidance of government health experts about social distancing, the religious are staying away from houses of worship. For believers, it’s meant diminished spiritual comfort, ritual and community. But the coronavirus that has emptied churches, synagogues and temples has had fiscal ramifications as well.
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