The next challenge:
Keep local businesses OPEN and THRIVING.
Experience shows that if a disaster causes businesses to close 11 days or more, 40% of small businesses won't reopen, and of those that reopen, 75% fail within two years.
Yes2Connect was designed to help business prepare and recover from disasters. But businesses can't recover unless their customers recover... so Yes2Connect provides benefits to EVERYONE in the community. Yes2Connect service has disaster resiliency, buy-local, and community-building tools. One button on people's mobile device creates a collaborative community in good times and bad.
Everyone / Everything is Connected
FEMA advocates a Whole Community Approach to disaster resiliency. Officials, businesses, organizations, families, employees need an easy way to support each other in good times and bad.
Disaster Resiliency for All
When officials, businesses, organizations, families, employees, and visitors have resiliency tools, everyone is better able to support one another.
Buy Local to Benefit Everyone
Local businesses need more customers. Local purchasers need incentives to keep their dollars local.
4 integrated Apps create Collaborative Community
Administrative (for community leaders), Business/Families, Visitor
