‘Tis the Season for shopping local. Join the annual Elf Giveaway sponsored by our friends at Visit Ventura.

This holiday season, the Elf will lend a helping hand to the "Shop Ventura, Save Ventura" campaign by giving away unique local gifts. In any year, Visit Ventura’s Elf Giveaway has been a great way for smaller businesses to boost their business in a competitive shopping season. Now more than ever our local shops need your support...because when you Shop Ventura, you Save Ventura!

The State of California issued a new Regional Stay-at-Home Order that is triggered when a region falls below 15% remaining ICU capacity. 

The following activities and industry sectors must now close:

*Outdoor playgrounds are now allowed to reopen

The County of Ventura is encouraging everyone to go frequently for COVID-19 testing. It is easy, free, and conveniently located at a variety of sites throughout the County. Testing and tracing are key tools in stopping the spread of COVID-19.

The County of Ventura has recently launched the Ventura County Mobile Testing Taskforce (MTT), a mobile testing trailer that can be reserved to provide COVID-19 tests for your business or organization. The MTT is a service provided free of charge by the County of Ventura in response to the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Click HERE for more information or to reserve the mobile testing unit.

Our partners at the Ventura Chamber of Commerce have created a petition that endorses this approach and invite you to join them in supporting the Supervisors by adding your name to the petition.

For more information CLICK HERE

For more information and to book your reservation CLICK HERE

The Governor announced the creation of a $500 million COVID-19 Relief Grant administered by the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) at the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development for small businesses that have been impacted by COVID-19 and the health and safety restrictions. Funds would be awarded to selected intermediaries with established networks of Community Development Financial Institutions to distribute relief through grants of up to $25,000 to undeserved micro and small businesses throughout the state by early 2021. Cultural institutions and non-profits would also be eligible for these grants. CalOSBA is establishing the program and will make it available to small businesses as soon as possible – to sign up for updates on availability CLICK HERE

Join SCORE for a free webinar titled "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.

Join SCORE for a free event titled "Social Media Marketing that Gets Results. Plus a look a Facebook's Recent Changes." Social Media is a powerful tool to use in your marketing mix. It works for both businesses and non-profits. In this webinar we will take a look at how it can work for your organization. We will discuss best practices, give you some tips and show real-world examples. Plus we will also take a look at Facebook's recent changes.

EDC Webinar "Creative Solutions for Commercial Landlords and Tenants During COVID-19". The webinar covered commercial leasing and finding creative solutions to tenant-landlord disputes during COVID-19 with partners and associate attorneys from Myers, Widders, Gibson, Jones, & Feingold. Their excellent panel with extensive experience in lease negotiation, civil litigation, and resolving business disputes reviewed:  

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