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  • From limoncello to lemon-scented hand sanitizer

    April 03, 2020 |

    The Eagle-Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Salem, New Hampshire

    To avoid laying off employees during the coronavirus pandemic, a New Hampshire small business that manufactured hard lemonade and liquors turned their operation into producing hand sanitizer for first responders. Although many distilleries have implemented this practice, this company's new endeavor has still already fulfilled orders from "hospitals and first responders, including the Massachusetts State Trooper Association."

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  • Homewood company converts backpack operation to produce medical face shields

    April 03, 2020 |

    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Day Owl is a Pittsburgh company known for producing sustainably-sourced backpacks, but in response to the pandemic they have shifted gears to producing medical-grade masks for health care workers. They began shipping out the masks in early April and expect to produce between 1,000 to 2,000 masks a day. The company is working with the support of local foundations and has already received orders from Highmark for 30,000 face shields.

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  • Convention Center Helps Build Sanitation Stations to Combat COVID-19

    April 02, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    In Athens, Georgia, 70 miles east of the capital Atlanta, one empty convention center put its space to good use by producing sanitation stations to combat COVID-19. After losing $1.2 million dollars of business in a single day, the convention center leadership found a way to leverage their forklifts, exhibit hall, and loading docks.

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  • Baltimore Social Enterprises Turn Abandoned Homes into High-End Furniture and So Much More

    April 02, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    In Baltimore, a successful social enterprise collaboration involves employing formerly incarcerated people to deconstruct valuable old wood from abandoned homes, preparing the wood for production, then turning the wood into high-end furniture. The initiative has expanded by working with the U.S. Forest Service to repurpose fallen wood from around the country, and it has already found a new life for wood for at least 90 homes.

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  • They were supposed to build stages for Coachella. Now they're building coronavirus triage tents

    March 30, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    When coronavirus began spreading throughout the United States, one of the earliest actions taken was to cancel large events, which meant that production firms also lost work. In Los Angeles, the firm that is typically responsible for building the tents, staging, and facilities for such events have now turned their efforts to helping construct medical villages.

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  • How Two Local Businesses are Helping Increase Supply of Hand Sanitizer

    March 29, 2020 |

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    Response Location: United States, Norristown, Pennsylvania

    In Norristown, Pennsylvania, two local businesses--a distillery and a silly putty factory--have teams up to produce hundreds of gallons of hand sanitizer for nearby hospitals and residents. The two companies each put their distinct expertise to use to repurpose their factories and raw goods to pump out much-needed hand sanitizer during the COVID-19 crisis.

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  • Chicago Distillers Build a Vigilante Hand Sanitizer Industry

    March 26, 2020 |

    Chicago Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Many Chicago distilleries are utilizing their abundance of high-proof alcohol to create hand sanitizer to fill a gap in the market due to the coronavirus pandemic. While a portion of the product is being donated to first responders and frontline workers, this new business endeavor is also helping distillery owners keep their employees on payroll and their businesses open.

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  • ‘COVID-19 Clearinghouse': Project N95 is matching hospitals with PPE suppliers

    March 26, 2020 |

    FastCompany |

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    Dozens of tech-focused volunteers have come together to create Project N95, a personal protective equipment clearinghouse meant to connect health institutions in need of equipment like masks with suppliers around the world. This central marketplace aims to bridge the two parties in a single place along an otherwise complex supply chain.

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  • Amalga Distillery in Juneau is making hand sanitizer for organizations in need

    March 25, 2020 |

    Alaska Public Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Juneau, Alaska

    An Alaskan distillery has joined the ranks of businesses that are turning their normal business production facilities into hand sanitizer manufacturing facilities. After partnering with another local business to obtain the necessary ingredients, the distillery has been able to produce and donate 30 gallons of the product to those who need it most during the pandemic.

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  • This tool is helping cities find the neighborhoods most vulnerable to coronavirus

    March 24, 2020 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    A new urban planning tool called Urban Footprint is helping governments to map out their most vulnerable neighborhoods and populations. Originally designed in 2018 to help city planners make sense of large data sets and understand the implication of potential policies on traffic, energy use, or multiple other factors, Urban Footprint was easily adapted to pull in data from the CDC and other inputs for COVID-19 considerations.

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