LOCATORS
RIDING AROUND CLARK’S WILD WEST By Marie Therese Cimafranca
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The difficult days are barely over. But as the economy dwindles, most businesses try to cope with the trying times by slowly opening their doors and operating under the new normal. As early as July 2020, the Clark Development Corporation (CDC) and the Clark Investors and Locators Association (CILA)—a non-profit organization convened by investors and business owners—collaborated to explore ways to support the businesses in the Freeport,
and to help them overcome the devastating impacts of the pandemic. “Our biggest priority now is to enable our locators to restart operations,” former CDC President Noel F. Manankil said. “So that is why we have been monitoring the number of employees reporting on a weekly basis.” CDC and CILA both took a huge leap in prompting a fresh start for the deeply affected businesses, shortly after the wearying months of disrupted operations. “CDC and CILA are leaving no stone Collective / Issue 11 23
