Monday, June 14, 2021

Apply To Have Your Business Featured
In "Homegrown Hollywood" Promotional Videos

During the pandemic, consumers stayed home and shopped online. Now with restrictions lifted, brick and mortar businesses are working overtime to bring customers back into their stores. Through the “Backing Business” and “My Hollywood” initiatives, the City of Hollywood has launched a new promotional campaign called “Homegrown Hollywood.” Several videos will be produced to highlight Hollywood’s brick and mortar businesses heavily impacted by COVID-19. Whether it is superior customer service, convenience, consistent product quality or store atmosphere, the City’s video production team will capture what makes these businesses stand out in our community. 

Are you ready for your business to be featured? Hollywood businesses that produce and sell goods are encouraged to apply online by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, June 14, 2021. One brick and mortar location from each District will be chosen at random to appear and represent a cross section of Hollywood businesses. There is no cost for businesses to be featured in this unique marketing opportunity. For additional information and to apply, please visit the City’s website at the link below.  

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

CPIP Public Information Session

Wednesday, June 16 • 11AM • REGISTER HERE

The Commercial Property Improvement Program (CPIP) is an incentive program designed to improve the facades of publicly or privately owned commercial or industrial buildings along specific commercial corridors. This program is based on the premise that exterior improvements to commercial buildings in highly visible locations will stimulate private investment, attract customers, and result in new economic opportunities.

Grant funding of up to $25,000 per property/property owner is available to commercial and industrial property owners that intend to restore, renovate or improve the exterior facade of their property.

Per CPIP guidelines, eligible properties must be located within the designated Low and Moderate Income (LMI) areas and includes the following commercial and industrial corridors: 

• Johnson Street from 72nd Avenue to 55th Avenue
• Hollywood Boulevard from 72nd Avenue to 22nd Avenue
• US 441 north of Atlanta Street to Pembroke Road
• Dixie Highway/N 21st Avenue from Sheridan Street to Pembroke Road
• Federal Highway/US1 from Sheridan Street to Pembroke Road

Free Career Training For Hollywood Residents
**Now Offered On Saturdays**

Virtual Orientation: Thursday, June 24 @ 4PM
Click Here To Join

Eligible residents can receive FREE 12-week training courses and job placement assistance. 

Let's Launch!

 
SPARK Launch takes a first-hand approach for participants to interact and learn from experts. The moderated session will cover entrepreneurial programs and resources Broward has to offer. It will highlight Broward’s unique position in the entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem.

SPARK Hollywood, FL is a coalition of local organizations, presented by the Greater Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and The City of Hollywood.

Wednesday, June 16 • 3PM • Free To Attend

REGISTER HERE

Web Solution Identifies Hollywood's Unregistered Vacation Rentals

Granicus, a leading provider of cloud-based civic engagement technologies and services, has partnered with the City of Hollywood to help manage short-term rental (STR) compliance.

Granicus’ Host Compliance product works by using artificial intelligence (AI) to scan more than 60 STR sites—including VRBO, Airbnb, and FlipKey—to identify property addresses. This provides cities with full visibility into their local vacation rental market, prevents owners from bypassing local regulations, and ultimately streamlines compliance and tax collection. Granicus also offers a 24/7 non-emergency hotline to allow residents to report concerns, like excessive noise, without tying up emergency resources.

“Tourism is a vital industry for our City—but it can’t come at the expense of quality of life for our permanent residents,” said Andria Wingett, Assistant Director of Development Services. “We have a robust, and growing, short-term rental market in Hollywood; monitoring its growth and fluctuation month-to-month is a gargantuan undertaking. We needed a solution that could do the heavy lifting, and help us create a welcoming and safe environment for both visitors and permanent residents.”

For more information, please click here.

Employee Retention Tax Credit Webinar

The Employee Retention Credit is a refundable tax credit against certain employment taxes equal to 50% of the qualified wages an eligible employer pays to employees after March 12, 2020, and before January 1, 2021.

Eligible employers can get immediate access to the credit by reducing employment tax deposits they are otherwise required to make. Also, if the employer's employment tax deposits are not sufficient to cover the credit, the employer may get an advance payment from the IRS.

Join SBA Outreach and Marketing Specialist Alyn Fernandez and Neil Shnider of the Florida Small Business Development Center at Florida Gulf Coast University as they review the benefits of the ERTC program.

June 16 • 10AM • Click here join this Microsoft Teams event.
Or Join By Phone: (786) 749-6387; ID# 290897512

June 22 • 12PM • Click here join this Microsoft Teams event.
Or Join By Phone: (786) 749-6387; ID# 958278463

SBA Disaster Recovery
Q&A Session

 
Was your small business affected by COVID-19? Join the SBA during their virtual hours and have your Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) questions answered by a live person. Participants may call at anytime and are welcome to enter and exit at will.

Tuesday, June 15 • 2PM EST • Register Here
(en español) Thursday, June 17 • 2PM EST • Register Here

COVID-19 Economic Aid Overview Webinar

The SBA, in consultation with the Treasury Department, re-opened the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for new borrowers and certain existing PPP borrowers.

This round of the PPP continues to prioritize millions of Americans employed by small businesses by authorizing up to $284 billion toward job retention and certain other expenses through March 31, 2021, and by allowing certain existing PPP borrowers to apply for a Second Draw PPP Loan.

Join the South Florida District Office and explore the next steps in the PPP process.

Tuesday, June 15 • 11AM • Join Here
(en español) Thursday, June 17 • 11AM • Join Here

Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
Forgiveness Process Webinar

The SBA, in consultation with the Treasury Department, re-opened the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for new borrowers and certain existing PPP borrowers.

This round of the PPP continues to prioritize millions of Americans employed by small businesses by authorizing up to $284 billion toward job retention and certain other expenses through March 31, 2021, and by allowing certain existing PPP borrowers to apply for a Second Draw PPP Loan.

Join the South Florida District Office and explore the next steps in the PPP process.

Tuesday, June 15 • 1PM • Join Here

2021 Legislative Update

The Greater Hollywood Chamber of Commerce (GHCC) and its Government Affairs Committee are pleased to invite you to the annual nonpartisan 2021 Legislative Update.

The 2021 Legislative Update provides both constituents and our business community with the opportunity to hear directly from our delegation on important legislative issues affecting our state and communities during the 2021 session.

Friday, June 18 • 12:30PM • Free To Attend • Register Here 

INCUBATE

NSU Broward Center of Innovation's Incubate Pillar is a six-week program that allows entrepreneurs who have a tested minimum viable product and a clear customer base to continue the growth stage. Teams utilize the various wraparound services and labs at the Center to continue their advancement. Entrepreneurs build on the ideate framework stage to create a company structure to accelerate. The focus: rapid prototyping, commercializing, and funding structure.

After the masterclass sessions, founders are encouraged to move into open innovation where they can access one of the labs via a discounted membership level for product prototyping.
 

Additional COVID-19 Resources For Hollywood Businesses Are Available Here