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2020 Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday
The 2020 Disaster Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday was passed by the Florida Legislature and signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis. This sales tax holiday begins Friday, May 29, 2020, and extends through Thursday, June 4, 2020.
During this sales tax holiday period, qualifying items related to disaster preparedness are exempt from sales tax. However, the sales tax holiday does not apply to the rental or repair of any of the qualifying items. Additionally, the sales tax holiday does not apply to sales in a theme park, entertainment complex, public lodging establishment or airport.
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Sumter County has joined cities and counties nationwide in recognizing National Economic Development Week.
By proclamation Sumter County joined cities and counties nationwide in marking National Economic Development Week from May 4-9, 2020 to recognize the contributions of positive economic development and explain the role of the profession in our local community.
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CVS, UPS to start drone prescription deliveries to Florida retirement community
The Villages, about an hour northwest of Orlando in central Florida, is home to about 135,000 people, many of them considered high-risk during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Feed The Need: Florida Restaurant Network
COVID-19 is challenging how individuals, families, businesses and societies operate. We will come out of this. In the meantime, we are polling interest and ability among restaurant operators to prepare meals for delivery to those in need. This would be a paid opportunity, not a donation.
This is a statewide project, and we are looking for interest to produce meals for 1) elders that have specific nutrition needs, 2) out-of-school students, and 3) those in need in the general population.
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