Carteret County Business Growth And Development Using Internet Technology

September 2020

While it’s likely the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic hurt all small businesses in the state significantly, there is little debate that companies in rural tourism dependent areas along the NC coast and mountain regions were hit especially hard.

Now that the 2020 tourism season is over and business owners and managers have clear assessment data in their hands relating to lost revenue, we are interested in hearing from owners on just how bad it is, and what the outlook is for staying in business.

How did local, state, and federal incentives help, and will it be enough to keep you going? What are some unique ways that you found to at least keep some revenue in place over your local tourism season?

What industries were hardest hit and which faired pretty well?

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Filed: NC county lost revenue due to Coronavirus.

August 17, 2020

Have you ever used any business counseling services like the one Carteret Community College offers to help jump start your corporation?

How did these services help you locally, or if you are a corporation serving the needs of customers regionally, statewide, or internationally, how did these services help you?

We are especially interested in hearing about Internet Marketing plans, business web design, Internet advertising, and using mobile apps to engage current and new customers.

July 2020

A new report by economic development officials shows that there is an abundance of skilled trades jobs in Carteret County NC that need filing and no doubt this is being driven by the new Interstate 42 project along with growth and development at Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune.

Organizations and businesses like Mechworks, the Carteret County Home Builders Association, and Jarrett Bay are saying they have considerable opportunities for skilled workers and as we move closer to completion of the new interstate, that demand is only going to grow.

Residential and commercial construction trades are also expected to boom very shortly.

Let’s discuss this on our article about the topic of skilled trades and business locally.

April 2020

The Town of Morehead City NC has announced small business emergency loans limited to businesses located in the municipality city limits and for those who have 25 employees or less and are being affected by the Coronavirus.

Details:

Short-term loans up to $5000 to help pay up to two months’ rent or mortgage/interest payments.

The Town of Morehead City also announced that the town has allocated $300,000 towards the program and participating businesses selected have 3 years to pay back the emergency loans. Small business owners in this Carteret County community can also seize upon having no payments for the first 12 months of the loan and there is no penalty to pay the balance off early.

Please call 252.726.6848 ext. 110 Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m and note that the first round of applications will end April 28, 2020.

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April 17, 2020

After hurricanes Florence and Dorian, and now the novel COVID-19 Coronavirus, are you a business owner in Carteret County NC that is at least considering better web design and Internet marketing for your business if you are one that has a product that can be sold online?

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April 6, 2020

While Carteret County businesses in NC are no stranger to disasters in the way of hurricane and tropical storms which have the potential to disrupt small businesses every few years, we believe the current situation related to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic is an event that nobody in the country has ever experienced.

As it stands now, this event has the potential to shut down tourism and visitor travel to the county extending out to July or August which would effectively cause local small businesses to miss an entire year of sales and growth.

By clicking the title and using our discussion form, we are interested in hearing from employees, business owners, and other that work within the tourism industry here in Carteret County NC to tell us about local, state, and federal programs that are aimed at helping local companies during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Specifically, we are interested in hearing about how directly this event is affecting your business, how long you believe it will take to rebound from this event, and what innovative and unique ways you deployed to continue to do business in the county.

What specific programs are active right now to help local companies and employees who may be laid off from work?

After this event, what needs to be in place to help mitigate future issues if there is another major national disaster or pandemic like the Coronavirus?

As a business owner or someone who deals with business development in Carteret County, has the COVID-19 pandemic spurred any new thoughts on ways that local tourism dependent companies have survive if there is a future event like this one?