Small Business Guide & SBA Loans FAQ’s Help

March 31st, 2020

Small Business Guide and Checklist

Prepared by the U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE – CORONA VIRUS EMERGENCY LOANS –  U.S. Chamber of Commerce COVID-19 PPP Small Business Guide

FAQs for the CARES ACT

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act with Question and Answers Guide published by the Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship regarding the recently passed CARES Act forwarded by the SBDC.

CARES Act FAQ in pdf

CARES Act FAQ in Word

WEBINARS

• Tuesday, March 31: Small Business Stimulus Through the CARES Act: What This Means for Restaurants; click here.
• Wednesday, April 1st at 10:30 am: How to Apply for the SBA – EIDL Loan Program for BAB and Havana BID

Topics to be covered:

1. Overview of the application process for the SBA – Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (EIDL)
2. Tips & Tricks to make the process easier
3. Questions & Answers

Please register to attend:  https://clients.coloradosbdc.org/workshop.aspx?ekey=300400070.

• Wednesday, April 1: Finding Balance During the Storm: Managing Stress, Anxiety, and Depression During Chaos; click here.
• Thursday, April 2: How to Pivot Your Marketing Strategy for COVID-19; click here.

Colorado Restaurant Association Business Resources List

• CARES Act
  • Details on the Federal relief package, passed by the Senate March 25: click here.
    • National Restaurant Association webinar about the Federal Relief Package: click here.
    • Small Business explanation: click here.
    • Owner’s Guide: click here.
    • Section-by-section explanation: click here.
  • SBA loans
    • General info: click here.
    • COVID-19 portal: click here.
    • COVID-19 business resources: click here.
• Takeout and Delivery
  • Rules and recommendations for delivery, takeout, and drive-through: click here.
  • How to implement delivery with your own staff: click here.
  • Alcohol delivery and takeout rules and recommendations: click here.
  • Rules for selling whole food and bulk products: click here.
  • List your takeout and delivery status: click here.
• Labor Law
  • Understanding Unemployment, click here.
  • Job Attached Unemployment and the workshare program: click here.
  • Business requirements for Families First Coronavirus Response Act: click here.
  • DOL Guidance on FFCRA Paid Leave from Fisher and Phillips: click here.
  • FFCRA Poster — required April 1, 2020: click here.
  • Labor law FAQs and templates from Fisher and Phillips: click here.
  • Town Hall on Labor Law and Insurance Questions:
    • Recording here.
    • Takeaways here.
• Rent Concerns and Tenant Rights and Remedies
  • Town Hall Recording: click here.
•  Sanitation
  • CDPHE recommendations for restaurants: click here.
  • Free ServSafe training video on COVID-19 considerations (English and Spanish): click here.
  • Sanitation recommendations from Auto-Chlor: click here.
• Denver Business Support: click here.
• Legal considerations related to COVID-19 from Messner Reeves: click here and click here.
• Business Resources from other vendors: click here.