COVID-19 Updates & Next Business Info Series

Is your small business impacted financially by COVID-19?

Is Your Small Business in Unincorporated Pierce County? Do you have 10 or fewer employees?

Click Here for More Information and to Apply for a Pierce County COVID-19 Emergency Small Business Relief Loan

Loan amounts up to $10,000 will be awarded, based on number of employees. Loans will be offered to qualified applicants at no interest and no payments for 12 months.

NEXT COVID-19 Business Info Series Conference Call
Friday, April 17 at 11:00 AM

Pierce County is open for business. As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to evolve, we’re here to help businesses access the resources and information they need. In partnership with the Economic Development Board for Tacoma-Pierce County and the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce, we invite you to join us for a free conference call to share the latest information. You can join by phone or through your computer.

Date/Time: Friday, April 17, 2020; 11:00 AM PDT

Presenters:

Laurie Jinkins, Speaker of the House, WA State House of Representatives
Bev Losey, Sr. Vice President, Employee Benefits, Brown & Brown of Washington
William Hobson, Executive Vice President, Brown & Brown of Washington

To join by phone:
US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 346 248 7799 or +1 301 715 8592 or +1 312 626 6799 or +1 929 205 6099 or +1 253 215 8782
ID: 843 841 095
Or iPhone one-tap :
US: +16699006833,,843841095# or +13462487799,,843841095#
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/adjnUSsGnK

To join using your computer:
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://zoom.us/j/84 3841095

Webinar ID: 843 841 095

>>>>>>> Missed a Previous Call? Need next call info? Click here. This series of calls will continue each Monday, Wednesday, & Friday as long as there is a need.

NEW: COVID-19 Rapid Response Team and Business Info Series Questions & Answers: www.rapidresponsesouthsound.com

US Census 2020: Help Shape the Future of Your Community
Click Here to Respond Now

Responding to the census is important because it helps inform funding for key public services for your community like education programs and schools, hospitals and healthcare, roads and bridges, and emergency and disaster response. View Pierce County's Census information page.

>>>>>>> Have supplies to donate or have other ways to aid COVID-19 response? Contact PCEOC@piercecountywa.gov or see how you can help.

Visit our website for more COVID-19 Resource Links:

Working Washington Small Business Emergency Grants

Applications for businesses in Pierce County will be accepted until 5:00 pm on Friday, April 17, 2020

Federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act

Small Business Owner’s Guide to the CARES Act

SBA Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)
Lapse in Appropriations Notice (4/16/2020): SBA is unable to accept new applications at this time for the Paycheck Protection Program based on available appropriations funding. Check back for updates.

SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) & Loan Advance
Lapse in Appropriations Notice (4/16/2020): SBA is unable to accept new applications at this time for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL)-COVID-19 related assistance program (including EIDL Advances) based on available appropriations funding. EIDL applicants who have already submitted their applications will continue to be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. Check back for updates.

Have questions or need assistance? Please reach out to Gary Wescott at (253) 798-6916.

NEXT COVID-19 Business Info Series Conference CallFriday, April 17 at 11:00 AM

NEXT COVID-19 Business Info Series Conference Call
Friday, April 17 at 11:00 AM