Application available for small businesses to receive aid amid COVID-19
LOREN NEGRON, Evergreen reporter
July 17, 2020
The Community Action Center is accepting applications for its second round of microenterprise grants. CAC Executive Director Jeff Guyett said the microenterprise grants come from the Community Development Block Grant. The state’s Department of Commerce funds CDBG, which totals to about $120,000. ...
Free quarantine housing available to Pullman, Colfax residents with COVID-19
LOREN NEGRON, Evergreen reporter
July 10, 2020
As students return this fall, a local nonprofit is working to address the need for quarantine facilities that use funding from the state. Jeff Guyett, Community Action Center executive director, said the state’s Department of Commerce awarded the CAC with a $270,000 grant in March. The purpos...
Community food bank offers free masks to residents
LOREN NEGRON, Evergreen reporter
July 8, 2020
The Community Action Center will be distributing 12,000 free cloth masks to the community. CAC is located at 350 Fairmount Drive and distribution will occur from now until masks run out. Individuals can visit the CAC’s lobby to get masks, according to the CAC’s press release. There will be a maxi...
Small business grant to fund multiple businesses
ANDREA GONZALEZ, Evergreen reporter
June 3, 2020
The deadline for the Whitman County and Community Action Center's Community Development Block Grant has been extended to June 4. Jeff Guyett, Community Action Center executive director, said the grant is federally funded by the Washington State Department of Commerce. Of the money that wa...
Food bank changes distribution methods
JARED BRADLEY, Evergreen reporter
March 18, 2020
Pullman’s Community Action Center (CAC) is staying open to the public, but staff is taking extra precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Community Food Bank is shifting its curbside pickup hours to Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m, according to a press release from CAC Executive Di...
WSU students may soon see more information about practices to reduce the spread of COVID-19 as part of a new system-wide “Cancel COVID” campaign. Students...
