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***Chelsea Restaurant List: Who's doing take-out, who's doing delivery, and who is closed***
- SBA Announces "Express Bridge Loan Program" to Bridge Long-Term Financing.
The Small Business Administration is offering an Express Bridge Loan Program to small businesses impacted by COVID-19. This program authorizes SBA Express Lenders to provide expedited SBA-guaranteed bridge loan financing on an emergency basis in amounts up to $25,000 for disaster-related purposes to small businesses who have applied for and await long-term financing (including the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program). Small businesses who are already working with an SBA Express Lender may be eligible to apply to this streamlined program. Read general information about this program here; guidance is available here.
Interested businesses can use the SBA’s Lender Match Tool to find an Express Bridge Loan Lender and apply.
- COVID-19 Resources for Restaurant and Hospitality Owners and Employees
- "Considerations for Restaurants" webinar (3/25/2020) from the City of Somerville's Economic Development Department
- Gov. Baker Orders All Non-Essential Businesses To Cease In Person Operation
- What Businesses are Essential? Essential Services List.
- Spanish-language training on how to apply for unemployment benefits.
- English-language training on how to apply for unemployment benefits.
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District Impact Study: Executive Summary and full report. Compiled by the Central Square Business Improvement District, the East Cambridge Business Association, and Union Square Main Streets.
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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act: What Employers Need to Know, from WilmerHale
- Apply for up to $2 million from SBA EIDL
- SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) slide deck (presentation).
- Questions answered for employers, from WilmerHale.
- COVID-19 Response Command Center Update - March 18, 2020
- Stay tuned on: Federal Stimulus Package to include up to $300 billion for small business and could total over $1 trillion
- Baker-Polito Administration Announces $10M Small Business Recovery Loan Fund
- Unemployment Insurance Updates: Yesterday, Governor Baker submitted amendments to the unemployment insurance law to waive the one-week waiting period to apply for benefits. Also, anyone who has been separated from work as a result of any circumstance related to COVID-19 is entitled to make a claim. Read the full proposed legislation.
- The Commonwealth's WorkShare program. WorkShare is a program that offers a smart alternative to layoffs. Employees work reduced hours while collecting unemployment benefits to supplement their lower wages.
- The Commonwealth of Massachusetts' guidance and resources for business in response to COVID-19. (Updated frequently)
- Visit the City of Chelsea coronavirus update page (updated daily)
- Sign up for Chelsea's emergency notification system (and other important news updates)
- March 13th Letter to establishments that serve food from Inspector Richie Zullo in Chelsea Inspectional Services
- Visit the MA Dept. of Public Health coronavirus update page
- Visit the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation's resource page for coronavirus
- Visit the US Chamber of Commerce's "Combating Coronavirus" page (yes, it is different than the one preceeding it)
- Download the US Chamber's "Guidance for Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus" PDF
- See details from the U.S. Small Business Administration
- Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA). MEMA has a dedicated private sector desk at its State Emergency Operations Center. For all private sector business questions related to the COVID-19 emergency, call 508-820-2094, M-F, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Click here for the Center for Disease Control (CDC)'s coronavirus website
- Visit the World Health Organization (WHO)'s coronavirus page
- Click to view Beth Israel Lahey Health's "Monitoring COVID-19" page
- Visit Mass. General Hospital's news and information page for coronavirus
- COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) Information from CHA: Cambridge Health Alliance
- SBA Announces "Express Bridge Loan Program" to Bridge Long-Term Financing.