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ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

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LENDING A HAND Distilleries are becoming an alternative source for highdemand product P12

Swedish gears up for surge Hospital executive believes facility will have enough staff and equipment BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

remaining $25,000 coming from Englewood City Council’s Budget. The Community Development program is the city’s economic business grant that assists startups and business expansions. The COVID-19 Small Business Support and Recovery Grant Program is targeting retailers, personal care businesses like barbershops, healthcare and social assistance entities like child-care services, art galleries,

Swedish Medical Center Emergency Medical Director Dylan Luyten wears multiple hats for the Englewood hospital. Luyten, who has been with Swedish since 2003, works both clinically and administratively for the hospital. He is involved in general hospital preparation, emergency medical services preparation and is the president elect of the medical staff for the hospital. As Luyten and the rest of the Swedish Medical Center staff waits for more patients with COVID-19 to come in, the hospital has already seen over 30 suspected cases of the virus as of March 25 — but that number is always changing due to how long it takes to test patients. “We end up having lots of people who we think have COVID-19, but we just don’t know. The vast majority we deal with are discharged,” said Luyten. “They are well, they don’t have to be in the hospital, and they are not being admitted because most people will just have mild symptoms.” Luyten says the hospital has the proper amount of staffing needed to assist patients. With elective

SEE BUSINESS, P4

SEE SWEDISH, P6

Brian Meadows, co-owner of Gallo Italian Supper Club and Bake, bags up a to-go order. Meadows said the restaurant is bringing in a quarter of its average sales. JOSEPH RIOS

Small businesses work to adapt Englewood launches grant program of up to $2,000 BY JOSEPH RIOS JRIOS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Grants of up to $2,000 are available to qualifying small businesses in Englewood that have been hurt by the COVID-19 shutdowns.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the City of Englewood has developed its COVID-19 Small Business Support and Recovery Grant Program, and businesses that meet the rules can apply for the money now. The program launched on March 24 and allows for businesses that have been impacted by the pandemic to receive a grant of up to $2,000. Englewood devoted $100,000 to the program, with $75,000 of the funds coming from the city’s Community Development Business Grant Program and the

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