SBA Economic Injury Loan Program Now Available to Agricultural Businesses
The Small Business Administration (SBA) Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program portal (EIDL) will reopen today as a result of funding authorized by Congress through the Paycheck Protection Program and Healthcare Enhancement Act.

Agricultural businesses include businesses engaged in the legal production of food and fiber, ranching, and raising of livestock, aquaculture, and all other farming and agricultural related industries (as defined by section 18(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 647(b)). Eligible agricultural businesses must have 500 or fewer employees.

Applications can be completed on-line at https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/disaster-assistance

Employer and Employee Surveys
What are your business’ plans to recover from the coronavirus’ impact? What additional assistance and guidance from the state would help you during Connecticut’s reopening process?
 
Your feedback is critical and will help direct the response from the Lamont administration and state Department of Economic and Community Development in conjunction with AdvanceCT and CBIA.
 
For business owners: Please participate in the Small Business Reopen survey . Either follow that link or copy and paste this URL into your web browser:
 
For employees: Please encourage your employees to participate in the Connecticut Worker Sentiment survey . Please share this URL with your employees:  https://www.research.net/r/CTWorkerSentiment
 
The surveys should each take less than 10 minutes. Responses are always confidential and reported in aggregate.
Central CT Chambers Virtual Meeting Reminders
We recently announced many virtual meetings for the upcoming weeks. We look forward to connecting face-to-face with our members and hope you can join us for one or all.

REMINDER: Chamber Members Offering Discounts? 
Join the other chamber members who have advertised their services on our business offerings page . The page is featured in our daily emails and also promoted weekly on social media.
If your business is offering a discount, or s pecial in centive, please let us know. We have created a page on our website highlighting these offers.

Send details to: info@centralctchambers.org
We are committed to bringing you the most up-to-date business news regarding COVID-19.
The information on the webpage is listed in chronological order, with the newest/latest developments at the top. This page will be updated frequently.
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