Op-ed: How was your business impacted by the recent winter storm? County agency wants to connect businesses with resources

Our approach to disaster recovery is the most critical phase of emergency management. Once immediate life and safety needs are met, our economic engine – from single-employee businesses to Fortune 500 corporations – has to restart. Commerce, jobs, and paychecks are vital. We want to help, but we don’t always know where the damage is when assessing the business community.

The recent winter weather left thousands of business owners and area residents with damage to their businesses and loss…