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Approve and Authorize the Assistant County Administrative Officer to Execute the Standard Agreement with the Monterey County Business Council (MCBC) to provide COVID-19 Disaster Small Business Tutorial Webinars, in the amount of $25,000, retroactive to April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Administrative Officer to execute the Standard Agreement with the Monterey County Business Council (MCBC) to provide COVID-19 Disaster Small Business Tutorial Webinars, in the amount of $25,000, retroactive to April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
temporarily been shut down or have significantly reduced hours and are in desperate need for Due to the economic impacts of COVID-19 and the shelter in place orders, small businesses have temporarily been shut down or have significantly reduced hours and are in desperate need for disaster relief to save their businesses.
There is a need for businesses to have a resource that provides education and dissemination of current legislation and changes to Small Business Administration (SBA) loan opportunities for local businesses. The COVID-19 webinars will focus on business topics that range from SBA disaster small business loans, microloans, grant opportunities, current events, recovery efforts, and changes to the local economy from COVID-19 that are affecting small businesses as new information emerges daily. As a result of the webinars to date, the Monterey County Business Council and Small Business Development Center have assisted hundreds of businesses.
The MCBC will create weekly disaster small business tutorial webinars for 12 weeks. The MCBD will partner with the Small Business Development Center and other business partners to educate small businesses on disaster loans that are available and the process for submitting loan applications. Up to three webinars will be held in Spanish; all webinars are free to the public. The first ...
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