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DeSoto takes aim at increasing minority business opportunities
- Published: 03 August 2020 03 August 2020
DeSoto, TX - Much has been written about how low the African American unemployment rate had gotten prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but movement toward economic parity for minorities requires business ownership.
Breaking News: DeSoto City Hall Closes Monday, August 3rd, for Precautionary COVID-19 Cleaning/Sanitizing
- Written by Matt Smith Matt Smith
- Published: 02 August 2020 02 August 2020
DeSoto, TX - Out of an abundance of caution, DeSoto’s City Hall will be closed on Monday, August 3, 2020, to undergo a facility-wide disinfection process following the late Friday discovery that an outside contractor hired for an HVAC project tested positive for COVID-19.
DeSoto Moves Forward On Two Fronts With COVID-19 Small Business Grants
- Written by Matt Smith Matt Smith
- Published: 28 July 2020 28 July 2020
DeSoto, TX - The City of DeSoto has been busy on two fronts involving COVID-19 Small Business Support Grants & CDBG Funds. DeSoto has been in the process of distributing $210,000 in grant funds to 52 of our city’s small businesses that applied during Round One and were found to be qualified for these grants.
DeSoto High School, North Texas Food Bank, U.S. Army National Guard Partner to Distribute Food in DeSoto Area During the Pandemic
- Written by Dallas Weekly Dallas Weekly
- Published: 27 July 2020 27 July 2020
DeSoto, TX – For the second time this summer, the North Texas Food Bank (NTFB) Mobile Pantry partnered with DeSoto High School and the DeSoto Independent School District to serve area families during the current coronavirus global health pandemic.
DeSoto's Covid-19 Small Business Grants Round Two begins July 20th
- Written by City of DeSoto City of DeSoto
- Published: 24 July 2020 24 July 2020
DeSoto, TX - The City of DeSoto COVID-19 Small Business Grants Round Two application period begins Monday, July 20th! For more information or to download an application visit the City's Small Business Grants Page at http://www.desototexas.gov/SmallBusinessGrant
DeSoto East Middle School Teacher of the Year Makes History with International Virtual Choir
- Written by Dallas Weekly Dallas Weekly
- Published: 23 July 2020 23 July 2020
DeSoto, TX - DeSoto East Middle School Choir Director and campus Teacher of the Year, Jamal Walker, was one of six hand-picked choristers featured on CBS Sunday Morning who took part in the largest virtual choir ever assembled.
Missing woman with purple hair, scorpion tattoo last seen driving in DeSoto with her daughters
- Written by Tom Steele Tom Steele
- Published: 20 July 2020 20 July 2020
DeSoto, TX - DeSoto police are asking for the public’s help locating a missing woman. Authorities have issued a CLEAR Alert for 23-year-old Alicia Danielle Gongora, who was last seen about 3:15 p.m. Monday in the 200 block of West Wintergreen Road, near North Hampton Road.
Social media helped police identify man who exposed himself to yoga instructor at a DeSoto park
- Written by Shaun Rabb Shaun Rabb
- Published: 18 July 2020 18 July 2020
DeSoto, TX - A woman recording a yoga session in a DeSoto park said she was confronted by a man who exposed himself. Then, she turned to social media to expose him. It happened Sunday, at about 7 p.m., at Zeiger Park in Desoto. Within hours, social media had given Gabrielle Dawn everything she needed to give police.
DeSoto Launching a 2nd Round of COVID-19 Small Business Grants
- Written by Matt Smith Matt Smith
- Published: 14 July 2020 14 July 2020
DeSoto, TX - The City of DeSoto is issuing a Second Round of funding opportunities for the City’s Small Business Grant Program with assistance from the DeSoto Economic Recovery Advisory Task Force’s Business Subcommittee which will be providing support to businesses receiving CARES Act funds.
53 desoto businesses secure Covid-19 paycheck protection program loans from the US SBA: application period extended to August 8th
- Written by Matt Smith Matt Smith
- Published: 10 July 2020 10 July 2020
DeSoto, TX - The City of DeSoto has received some very good news from the US Small Business Administration. 53 eligible DeSoto Small Businesses and/or Non-Profits impacted by COVID-19 Pandemic have secured SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.
