According to the Myrtle Beach Area Hospitality Association, the Horry County Welcome back Committee launched GreaterGrandStrandisOpen.com and the Greater Grand Strand Promise today which entails re-building up our community economically while still ridding of the Coronavirus.

To do this, the Small Business Administration is giving out small loans to help …

According to the Horry County Public Information Department, Horry County Government will be reinstating the following protocols due to having 10 positive cases among their staff:

• Employees to be working remotely (currently 36 are doing this) due to possible exposure
• County officers are suggested to do business electronically
• Call before …

According to the Myrtle Beach Area Hospitality Association, the following recommendations for phase 2 of reopening Myrtle Beach regarding the COVID-19 crisis are as follows:

• Do not cloth cover faces of children 2 years or younger
• Do not cloth cover faces of those who have difficulty breathing or are unconscious …

According to the Myrtle Beach Area Hospital Association, the following matters have been put in place regarding the COVID-19 crisis:

• Mayor Brenda Bethune extended the "declaration of emergency" which was originally set to expire this week
• This new order does not hold any more restrictions that are not already in …

More than 3.8 million people in America applied for unemployment between the period of 4/25/2020 and 4/30/2020 according to the Department of Labor. This brings the total of unemployed Americans to a whopping 30.5 million. Although these numbers are historically high, they have been falling for a month now. The …

The CDC recently announced guidelines in a three-phased approach to open America again. 

Phase 1 will include:

• Vulnerable individuals will continue to stay sheltered
• All individuals should remail social distancing in public places 
• Keep groups under 10 people
• Working from home is encouraged but not mandatory
• If working in a …

The Myrtle Beach City Council passed Executive Order #8 which will begin a slow reopening of the city of Myrtle Beach between the period of May 1, 2020-May 15, 2020.

During this time period, all existing reservations will be honored in the area but no new ones can be accepted. …

Facts about COVID-19 according to the DHEC:

• DO NOT have direct contact with others
• If you are diagnosed with COVID-19 avoid contact with all of those who do not live in your home
• Everyone is at risk of catching the virus
• It is spread by coughing/sneezing in the air, close …

Horry County has announced that its ban on short-term rentals will expire on April 30th. However, residents of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and other "hotspot" areas will be exempt from this as a precaution to keep the virus out of Horry County as much as possible.

Hotels will be …

The 15-day state of emergency that was put in place on April 12, 2020, expired yesterday, April 27, 2020. By law, a state of emergency can be put in place for a 15-day maximum.

Due to the circumstances of the virus with the DHEC identifying more than 5,490 cases in …