Could This Be the Bill That Saves Massachusetts Restaurants?
State Senator Jamie Eldridge has filed an action to make insurance companies pay for coronavirus closures. It could be a “game changer.”
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Update #3: A Lot to Process
We’ve spent more time this week talking to Landlords (locally and nationally), reading policy pieces from other professionals, and tracking the scale of economic damage to tenants, which is rapidly bleeding over from food, beverage and entertainment to other segments of our economy.
read moreWarning Signs (and Chinatown Lunches)
The proximity to Chinatown is most salient, giving us a front row seat and heightened awareness that something was more than a little amiss.
read moreRestaurateurs Weigh In On The Health Of Their Restaurant(s)
In this post I wanted to share some thoughts and perspectives from a handful of our (GSP and my) closest friends working in the business.
read moreBusiness Interruption Insurance: Part 3 (From the Experts)
We remain in touch with both legal and insurance experts and the most recent communication to share here is from Attorney Eric Allon of Bernkopk Goodman LLP.
read moreATTN: Restaurant Owners (Signatures Needed)
We need the Governor and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to fully grasp the magnitude of the crisis restaurants are facing now, and will have to face when this madness subsides.
read moreThe Restaurant Community Needs Our Help!
The RSF will issue $1,000 grants to support full-time restaurant workers in Massachusetts who are dependent on wages plus tips to cover basic living expenses and provide for their families.
read moreBusiness Interruption Insurance: Part 2 (From the Experts)
I’ve stayed in touch with Abby from Licata Risk Advisors since posting our Business Interruption Insurance piece earlier this week and she just forwarded me a memo her firm released to clients.
read moreGSP: Sane & Positive (Mostly)
At the same time as all of this, each of us have all been balancing ordinary work (and thankful to have it) with family (even more thankful to have it) obligations.
read morePolicy Recommendations To Support Small Businesses In Response To The COVID-19 Crisis
We decided to put our heads together on a broad set of policy recommendations that local, state, and federal government must act on immediately in order to limit any further harm to small business owners and their workers, and to help get us all back to work as soon as it is safe to do so.
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