Hospitality Minnesota: Member Update June 1

Member Update

June 1, 2020

What's Inside:

HM Board Submits Editorial

Urge Senators to Support PPP Fix

State Guidance Reopening Resources

In Other News

HM Board Submits Editorial

The Hospitality Minnesota Board of Directors are pushing for the Governor to allow restaurants for indoor dining in their Star Tribune editorial , published in this morning’s paper. While some restaurants will open for outdoor dining today (perhaps fewer given the events of the past week), it is not enough. Your Board is urging the Governor to trust operators and the public to keep each other safe, and act now. We will continue advocating for the immediate expansion to indoor dining.

Urge Senators to Support PPP Fix

H.R. 7010 needs the Senate to act. Please contact Sen. Klobuchar and Sen. Smith and urge their full support. Core messages to share include:

The Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act makes desperately needed improvements to the PPP loan program, including:

Greater flexibility in how a hospitality business can use a PPP loan
Longer time frame for a business to use a PPP loan
Improving the rehire deadline to allow a PPP loan to be forgiven

Take a few minutes today to advocate for the needed changes.

State Guidance Reopening Resources

As you prepare for reopening, or run into questions in the early stages, refer to these state resources.

In Other News

Curfew to continue next 2 nights in St. Paul, Minneapolis; National Guard presence to remain | Pioneer Press

Restaurants reopen with restrictions as some hunger for more | Brian Bakst

A list of metro area restaurants opening for outdoor dining | WCCO-TV

Rochester continues to work with businesses to expand outdoor seating | KIMT3 News

After unrest, some businesses will remain closed despite Monday’s reopen | Fargo Forum

Moorhead, Dilworth bar and restaurant owners say having indoor dining ‘a matter of survival’ | Fargo Forum

Downtown St. Cloud restaurants excited to reopen patios to community | St. Cloud Times

St. Cloud-are restaurant raises funds, other prepare equipment to host outdoor guests | St. Cloud Times

Crow Wing County makes it easier to sell adult beverages with outdoor dining | Brainerd Dispatch

Brainerd bars, restaurants can extend to public property for outdoor space | Brainerd Dispatch

Minnesota state economist: Recession unique in speed of arrival, unequal effects on different retail sector s | Rochester Post Bulletin

Lawmakers question health officials over Minnesota’s new reservation requirement for reopening restaurants | MINNPOST

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