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McHenry County Local Business Guide: Dozens Offering Services
We asked local businesses in and around McHenry County to update their status and created a handy guide from their responses.
MCHENRY COUNTY, IL — The coronavirus is having a profound impact on the global economy, and has been particularly damaging to local businesses that depend on foot-traffic and in-person interactions with their customers. Even so, many businesses, including dozens across McHenry County have found ways to stay open and to offer delivery, pick-up and safe-distance transactions to serve the community.
We put a call out to local businesses on Patch earlier this month and asked them to update their status, give details on how you can continue to patronize them and to let the community know how they can best help during these challenging times. You can find the local guide here.
As of Thursday, April 16, more than half of the nearly 80 businesses who've since responded to the call out are currently open, providing and offering delivery, curbside pickup, gift cards, Facebook events, special hours and much more.
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Many ask that you follow them on Facebook, and simply share the details written in the local guide.
If you own a local business and have not yet updated your status, you can fill out our simple submission form found here .
Find out what's happening in Algonquin-Lake In The Hillsfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
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We're going to keep this guide live throughout the impact of the coronavirus, to help our readers support the businesses that serve Algonquin and McHenry County. Businesses can update their status in the guide at any time. To help support our local merchants and business owners, we encourage you to share this article or the link to the guide with neighbors, via email and social media. The businesses need our support.
Patch has also developed a collection of valuable resources for businesses, including information on small business loans and access to free promotional tools to share updates and announcements with the local community.
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