The Highlights

• Building Strategic Partnerships Webinar
• PPP Help for the Smallest of Small Businesses
• Did You Miss the Wasatch Business Series Virtual Event?
• Let's Help Our Teachers!
• Small Business Quarantined Employee Grant
• How Can We Help You!
• Feature Your Business on the Millcreek Business Council Instagram
• Apply to be the Next Millcreek Business Council Business of the Month
• Business Resources

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Join Us Today for Building Strategic Partnerships Webinar

Please Join us as Dr. Delahunty speaks to us on how to form strategic business alliances within your community. COVID has forced us to think differently and reframe the way we look at our business and reinforce the importance of connecting with others.

Use the following link to join us at 1:15 PM today!

Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://www.gotomeet.me/JosieAngerhofer/millcreek-business-council

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We hope to see you there!

PPP Help for the Smallest of Small Businesses!

The SBA opened a special window to serve the smallest of small businesses. They are exclusively helping small businesses for a period of 14 days.  The 14-day exclusivity period will start on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 9 am. Small businesses will still be able to access the program beyond the 14 day period. Access to the program ends on March 31, 2021.

 
The following are some of the changes they are making to help small businesses:

• "Instituting a 14-day period, starting February 24^th during which only businesses with fewer than 20 employees can apply for relief through the Program;
• Helping sole proprietors, independent contractors, and self-employed individuals receive more financial support;
• Creating consistency with a bipartisan bill, eliminating an exclusionary restriction that prevents small business owners with prior non-fraud felony convictions from obtaining relief through the Paycheck Protection Program;
• Eliminating an exclusionary restriction that prevents small business owners who are delinquent on their federal student loans from obtaining relief through the Paycheck Protection Program;
• Ensuring access for non-citizen small business owners who are lawful U.S. residents by clarifying that they may use Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs) to apply for relief." (Chamber West)

To find out more information go to: https://www.sba.gov/page/coronavirus-covid-19-small-business-guidance-loan-resources#section-header-3.

Did You Miss The January Wasatch Business Series Event?

Small Business Quarantined Employee Grant

The $2 million Small Business Quarantined Employee Grant uses federal CARES Act funds as part of Utah’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. It provides reimbursement to small business employers who pay employees to stay home during quarantine or isolation for a maximum of 40 hours per week for a period of up to two calendar weeks.

One of the easiest ways to protect a business as well as slow the spread of COVID-19 is to ask sick employees to stay home. Many employees are nervous to take time off if they are sick for fear of losing their job or income while they get better. Employees may also hesitate to tell their employer if someone in their home has tested positive for COVID-19 or if they have come in close contact with someone who has tested positive.

This grant will help make that choice easier by allowing employers with less than 50 employees to continue to pay quarantined or isolated employees and then be reimbursed through the grant.

To be eligible businesses must have:

• Less than 50 employees in Utah.
• One or more employees receiving notice that the employee must quarantine or isolate due to positive COVID-19 test or exposure to someone who has tested positive.
• Continued to pay out regular wages to an employee(s) while the employee was in quarantine/isolation.

To apply go to: https://laborcommission.utah.gov/small-business-quarantined-employee-grant/

How Can We Help You?

The Millcreek Business Council is working with Serfwerks to gather data to help you! We want to know what we can to you and your business during these crazy COVID times. Take one of the 5-8 minute survey's below to help us help you!

If you are a restaurant: https://nategibby1.typeform.com/to/Mkyfnk5e

All other businesses: https://nategibby1.typeform.com/to/HRn7V4KV

Business Resources 

Millcreek Business Resources Page:

Click here Business Resources for COVID-19 or copy and paste the link below to learn more about business resources for COVID-19. 

https://millcreek.us/394/COVID-19-Business-Resources