The Paycheck Protection Program, which is part of the massive $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, known as the CARES Act, allows companies to borrow federal money to cover ten weeks of costs.
The cavalry has arrived, in manner of speaking, for Pinellas County artists, arts organizations and small creative businesses whose livelihoods have been put in peril by the Covid-19 pandemic.
There aren’t too many silver linings in our current situation, to be sure, but numerous artists, arts organizations and production companies are opening the vaults and allowing music, theater and dance lovers to pass the time watching some incredible past performances.
Tampa Bay Times Chairman and CEO Paul Tash announced Monday that the Times would reduce print editions to Sunday and Wednesday only, starting next week, and simultaneously furlough approximately 50 Times staffers and reduce delivery contracts.