Ventura County Health Officer Extends Indoor Face Covering Order And Issues Criteria For Lifting Order
 

The Ventura County Public Health Officer has extended the indoor mask order, requiring all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, to wear face coverings when indoors in public settings, with limited exceptions.
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Ride On The Westside!

You're invited to bike, walk, or roll with us while we raise awareness for our Active Transportation Plan. Join the City and BikeVentura for a ride on the Westside in Ventura.

Be sure to share your experience biking and walking in the City in the ATP survey, available in English and en Español.
CA Senate Bill (SB) 1383:
Organics Recycling

Beginning January 1, 2022, CalRecycle Senate Bill (SB) 1383 will require all residents, businesses, and multi-family properties in California to recycle all organic waste, including food waste, paper, cardboard, yard materials.

The City's Environmental Sustainability team will share an overview of SB 1383 at the October 25, 2021 City Council meeting. This initiative aims to reduce greenhouse emissions by reducing the amount of food waste that ends up in landfills.
City of Ventura Business Assistance Program

The City of Ventura’s Business Assistance Program and the Economic Development Collaborative proudly offer three loan options for small businesses and micro-enterprises in Ventura:

  • Small Business Loans offer low-interest funding designed to create jobs and support the growth of Ventura’s small business community. Loans range from $10,000 to $50,000.
  • Commercial Rehabilitation Loans revitalize the city’s older commercial districts of downtown, midtown and Westside areas. Loans range from $10,000 to $50,000.
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  • Code Compliance Loans support commercial property owners with property maintenance, parking, structural Improvements, and more. Loans range from $10,000 to $25,000.

Friday, October 22, December 3, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
WEV - Café con Exito
Conecta, Colabora, Aprende con WEV. Únete a nosotras/os una vez al mes (con tu bebida matutina favorita) para conectarte, colaborar y aprender de otras emprendedoras y emprendedores. Al reunirnos una vez al mes de 9:00am a 10:00am acompañadas/os por una/un invitada/o especial, tendremos la oportunidad de compartir, escuchar y apoyarnos mutuamente para alcanzar las metas de tu negocio. Este mes celebramos negocios latinos con nuestras invitadas especiales, Ana Lilia (Lili) Muñoz, propietaria de Colibrí y Brenda García, propietaria de Agave Girl Boutique.

Tuesday, October 26, 10:30 a.m.
SCORE - Building a 401(k) Plan for Your Small Business
This live, interactive webinar session is designed to help you explore the tips and tricks of small business retirement plans. Topics include:
What is a 401(k)?
What are the different types of retirement plans available? (401(k), SEP, etc.)
Traditional or Roth? What are the advantages and disadvantages?
Maximum contributions allowed to the different plans
Compliance requirements
How to decide what plan is right for you
Other tips and tricks you can do with a small business retirement plan

Wednesday, October 27, 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
WEV - Financing Challenges of Women-owned Home Childcare Business
In celebration of National Women's Small Business Month, join Small Business Majority's event on navigating financing for home-based childcare businesses and a virtual roundtable chat on barriers to financing child care businesses with Women's Business Development Center's Blanca Berthier and President of the Colorado Association of Family Child Care and child care provider Amber Bilby.

Tuesday, November 9, 10:30 a.m.
SCORE - QuickBooks Online and Best Accounting Practices for Small Businesses
This live, interactive webinar session is designed to help you understand the features, functions and benefits of QuickBooks Online for small business owners as well as assist you in implementing accounting best practices to manage your business finances including COVID-19 Funds and Forgiveness.

Tuesday, November 16, 10:30 a.m.
Social media is constantly evolving, which can make it difficult for your business to keep up. In this webinar, we will break down social media marketing for businesses with best practices that you can use to improve your digital marketing strategy.

Thursday, November 18, 10:30 a.m.
SCORE - Best Practices: Starting Your Own Business By Buying an Existing One
This live, interactive webinar session is designed to help you understand the value of objectively evaluating a potential business investment. It is also designed to help you assess whether you have the skills to be a successful entrepreneur.

Friday, November 19, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
WEV - Strong Women, Strong Coffee
Connect, Collaborate, Learn with WEV. Strong Women, Strong Coffee is our monthly meet-up/community empowerment group. Join us each month (with your favorite morning brew) to connect, collaborate, and learn from other women entrepreneurs. Meeting every 3rd Friday of the month from 9:00am to 10:00am, you will have the opportunity to share, listen and support one another with reaching your business goals.

Wednesday, December 1, 10:30 a.m.
SCORE - How to Influence, Persuade & Sell Anyone
Have you ever struggled to get someone to accept your ideas or buy your product or service? Well, help is finally on the way, with this breakthrough webinar!
In less than an hour you will learn how to convince and sell almost anyone. Suddenly, you'll have an incredible power to persuade all the people in your life, unlike anything you've ever been able to do before.

Additional Webinars
Click HERE for additional live and recorded SCORE webinars
Click HERE for additional live and recorded EDC webinars
Click HERE for additional live and recorded WEV webinars
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