FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 18, 2020
CONTACT:
Val Yazell, City of Springfield Office of Planning and Economic Development
Josh Collins, Sangamon Springfield Growth Alliance
Chris Hembrough, The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce
Lisa Clemmons Stott, Downtown Springfield Inc
Katie Davison, Innovate Springfield | Macarthur Boulevard Association
Chris Long, Local First Springfield
Kevin Lust, Illinois Small Business Development Center at Lincoln Land College
Sangamon County - Economic development organizations in Springfield and Sangamon
County are working in tandem to help all of our businesses make it through the current
COVID-19 shutdown.
A new website, donated by a local Springfield business, will consolidate business information across Sangamon County to keep consumers apprised of the status of their favorite local businesses and their services in one, easily searchable, place.
The website is SpringfieldZoom.com. Any Sangamon County business can simply click on “Register My Business” to get started.It takes less than three minutes for a business to create a free account. Plus they can update their status as the situation changes.
For the public, they can easily search for their favorite businesses to find out their status and whether they can purchase gift certificates, get take-out, etc.
This one-stop website was built and is being donated by Springfield businesses GoWeb1 and AlertsMadeEasy.com, who built it in two days. They are donating this effort for the entire business community in Sangamon County as a free tool to help businesses and organizations quickly communicate their operational status to the public.
All of the partner economic development organizations will market this site as Sangamon
County’s one-stop information source for consumers to look up business openings and closings throughout the COVID-19 public health crisis.