In an effort to support small businesses being able to open and operate safely during the COVID-19 pandemic,
the Town of North Andover is now offering Free "Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Starter Kits" to small businesses based in North Andover. Funding for the effort was provided by the Merrimack Valley Business Resiliency and Recovery Fund, managed by the
Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF). This fund, which was created as a result of the Columbia Gas disaster, works to support a comprehensive set of strategies to support individual business success and the long-term resiliency of the small business ecosystem, which extends to alignment and broad collaboration across the region.