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This Pandemic has affected everyone. For the less fortunate, The People’s Resource Center has been there to help since 1975 and now is seeing more people and developing new ways to assist. Executive Director, Jeni Fabian joins Alkaye Media to share their story on this Local Connections episode. To view the video of this episode click here. https://youtu.be/4wWq7htLKe4

Joe Fishella of Blue Lake Wealth Advisors is an experienced financial advisor who has seen many changes in the investment world over the years. His perspective on how the Epidemic is affecting us all and the future outlook of the economy is worth noting in the episode of Local Connections See the full video form which this podcast has been taken, by clicking here. Alkaye Media is providing these episodes as a free public service to keep people informed about how the Pandemic is affecting local communities and small businesses. If you know someone doing something newsworthy or "just plain nice" - contact us, we'll be happy to share their story.

Dianna of D. Feeney Counseling & Consulting has seen a lot in her time as a counselor and has great insight into how to manage the stress and anxiety of the COVID-19 crisis. She joins us to share her thoughts on helping people during this and other times in life when we all need it. This podcast is taken from the video webcast which is available here. No time to watch? Download it and listen to the podcast later- Click here.- https://blog.alkayemedia.com/Coping-With-COVID-19-Stress Alkaye Media is providing these episodes as a free public service to keep people informed about how the Pandemic is affecting local communities and small businesses. If you know someone doing something newsworthy or "just plain nice" - contact us, we'll be happy to share their story.

Chicago is a city known for Hot Dogs and Beef Sandwiches and the Downers Grove area is fortunate to have one of the best places to get both at Cozzi Corner. In this Local Connections episode, we speak with Wendy Villareal, the person who has greeted customers for over 28 years on how this family business is managing during the current Pandemic.  The audio is taken from a webcast that can be found at https://blog.alkayemedia.com/Local-Connections-Cozzi-Corner Alkaye Media is providing these episodes as a free public service to keep people informed about how the Pandemic is affecting local communities and small businesses.  If you know someone doing something newsworthy or "just plain nice" - contact us, we'll be happy to share their story.

In this, Local Connections episode, Westmont, Illinois Funeral director, Anthony Cappetta discusses how the Virus has affected the business and what changes he sees for the future. Tony has been in the funeral business for over 40 years and has experienced many changes. Alkaye Media is providing these episodes as a free public service to keep people informed about how the Pandemic is affecting local communities and small business.

Larry Forssberg, Economic Director for the Village of Westmont, shares information on how the Village and its businesses are responding to the Pandemic

Our guest, Jessica Torok, Medial Director of Urban Vet in Westmont explains how the animal hospital has taken steps to be keep animals and staff safe during this Pandemic. The audio is taken from a webcast that can be found at https://youtu.be/S0XhLdmSJOU

Joe discusses how the city is responding to the Covid-19 Pandemic Note: This is the full unedited version of the conversation recorded March 31, 2020 The audio is taken from a webcast that can be found at https://youtu.be/8-HCXy3tdrc