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Small businesses are in dire need of assistance as many have been forced to close or rethink operations during the coronavirus outbreak. Those whose operations haven’t been directly affected, have felt its impact through staffing issues or lagging customer demand as the nation locks down to fight Coronavirus.
To help you find the funding your business needs to survive, we’re aggregating all available public and private funding options in the easy to navigate tool below.
Find funding immediately available to your business from federal, state, and private sources. We’re updating this page daily with the latest resources available. If you have any questions, please email info@connectedcouncil.org
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Coronavirus Resources
Local businesses adapt to strange times
Businesses throughout the region are slowly starting to reopen, providing services that in some cases have not be available to Tri-State Area resident since the middle of March, when the region’s governors issued stay-at-home restrictions and ordered businesses that were deemed nonessestial to close in response to the threat posed by COVID-19.
Small-business owner says she stayed open by accepting ‘new normal’ amid coronavirus
Forced business closures and a decline of economic activity have wreaked havoc on small companies amid the coronavirus outbreak, causing over 100,000 of them to go out of business in the aftermath of the disease’s spread, according to a study published by a group of economists in April.
U.S. Senate leader hopes for quick passage of House coronavirus small business bill
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday he hoped the Senate would soon pass legislation already passed by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives easing terms of the coronavirus small-business loan program.
Small businesses need grit, creativity and cash to survive coronavirus
When people talk about small businesses they often use words like “resilience,” “grit” and “entrepreneurial spirit.” Those business owners are going to need all of that and more as they seek to rebuild amid the economic and human carnage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Few takers expected for the Fed’s new $600 billion business loan program
Billions of dollars in low-interest loans for companies hurt by the coronavirus are supposed to start flowing this week, but for the first time this year executives are not lining up to take advantage of a government-funded relief program.
Coronavirus is forcing small businesses to close for good: ‘There’s nothing we can do’
It’s a cloudy Sunday afternoon and Rachael Flynn is sitting in the middle of her homey two-story Mount Airy salon, at times appearing shell-shocked, as her sons haul a heavy cabinet down the steep staircase to the curb.
Google My Business Allowing Service Businesses to Book Appointments Online
Google My Business will begin allowing service businesses to book appointments soon. This includes allowing Google My Business merchants to add “online appointments,” “online classes,” or “online estimates” attributes to their Business Profiles.
Google Unveils New Tools To Help Small Businesses During COVID-19
Google states that people around the world are looking for help in this pandemic and global search interest in “how to help small businesses” reaching an all-time high in March 2020, increasing more than 700 percent since February.
Small businesses are using more analytics to survive COVID-19
According to a new survey from analytics platform provider Sisense, businesses are leaning on analytics for business insights and efficiencies more than they did pre-COVID-19.
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Breaking Google’s search tools will hurt small businesses — including my family’s restaurant
New legislation hinders data collection for targeted ads. That hurts small businesses
Collateral Damage: How Small Businesses Could Lose Big in the DOJ’s Fight Against Google
