By Hank Taylor
Over the past two months, our community has experienced what we hope is a once in a lifetime crisis. The cost to health and human life has been devastating. The economic toll has been severe and has further widened inequalities already present.
The COVID-19 crisis underscores our interconnectedness. We are indeed a community that bands together, sacrifices and helps our neighbors. Our three-county region has come together to lift up those who need it most — to deliver masks and personal protection equipment, to donate food, to send our teachers and postal workers thank-you cards, to honor our grocery store workers, our nurses and our doctors, and our first responders.
We all know the coronavirus does not stop at lines on a map. That is why any response must take a comprehensive, aligned and regional approach. One Region, a collaborative initiative focused on building a stronger, more inclusive economy, is honored to lead the effort with our business, health care, nonprofit and government leaders from Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties to determine how we can safely reopen.
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