From Zero to Number One!
2020 - 2021
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Dear Chamber member,
I couldn't resist a little humor as we stare down the start to a new year. I also cannot hide the anxiety that follows me into 2021. Certainly the worst is behind us and we are finding a light at the end of the tunnel but that doesn't mean we don't enter this new year with a little apprehension. Our January luncheon will help start to clear up the fogginess that some of us are feeling. I believe this luncheon will defrost the windows of goal setting/vision casting for 2021. I hope you will save the date and join us on January 13th.
Until then, The Fort Lupton Chamber and I are excited to start a new year with you. The best news is YOU/We overcame a year we couldn't have anticipated. You are standing today. You did it!!
I hope to see you at the luncheon and hope you will reach out before then.
Happy New Year!
Natalie Cummings
Executive Director
Fort Lupton Chamber of Commerce
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Current Development Projects - City of Fort Lupton |
See who is coming to town next!
For more information and updates view the link below.
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The Chamber Office has MOVED..... |
Until we have our final resting place ready for the public, you can continue to reach us online www.fortluptochamber.org , via phone or text at 303-857-4474.
PO Box 4040
Fort Lupton, CO 80621
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- January- Membership Renewals
- January 13 - Chamber Virtual Luncheon
- January 19 - Coffee & Chat
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Luncheon Link will be published soon. |
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Save the Date: January 19, 2021 |
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COVID-19 Business Resources |
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Weld County Business Recovery Program Awards $3M+, Service Industry Relief Fund Accepting Applications
Weld County, CO – Just over $3 million in grants has been distributed to Weld County businesses through two rounds of the Weld County Business Recovery Program. Over 400 businesses, employing 2,274 people, applied since the program launched in August. Upstate Colorado administered the program utilizing CARES Act funding from Weld County and contributing municipalities. The Recovery Program was open to all businesses with a physical presence in Weld County, primarily distributing grants to restaurants, service providers, and retail stores to help cover COVID related expenses and lost revenue.
The Board of County Commissioners has made a new round of grant funding available, provided by Weld County’s economic development fund, bringing an additional $2 million to support local “high-risk” businesses impacted by the pandemic who have had to close or significantly modify services to meet increased COVID-19 guidelines. The Weld County Service Industry Relief Fund is currently accepting applications and will review and approve grant funding on a two-week rotating basis through the January 31, 2021 deadline. Businesses have already begun receiving awards through this new fund, which will continue on a need based, first-come first-served basis, prioritizing first time applicants in service industries including restaurants, bars and other food and beverage service providers; live event venues; movie theaters; gyms and fitness centers; bowling centers, arcades, and other recreation facilities.
Upstate Colorado’s president, Rich Werner honors businesses during this difficult time and takes pride in the resiliency of our local business leaders who continue going above and beyond to ensure the safety of our community saying, “So many of our local public facing business have had been working hard to institute new health and safety measures and it’s important to help them through this process, as they are now faced with additional closures and capacity issues.”
Additional information, official guidelines, and the online application for the Weld County Service Industry Relief Fund can be found at www.weldrecovery.com.
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Free Legal Advice in Colorado
COVID-19 Assistance: Free Legal Advice & Help for Colorado Small Businesses
Small businesses provide half of Colorado’s jobs. They have been especially hard-hit by the COVID-19 economic crisis, with minority and woman-owned small businesses being hit the hardest. Volunteer attorneys have offered to provide legal help to Colorado’s small businesses so they can get back on their feet.
This website was created to match small businesses that need limited free legal advice regarding COVID-19 related issues with volunteer lawyers. If you are a small business that needs legal help, you can submit an application and we will ask our volunteer lawyers if they are willing to assist you. If you are a lawyer who wants to help, please sign up to volunteer.
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The site also includes other resources available to small businesses, particularly minority and woman-owned small businesses, to meet the challenges of the pandemic. If you identify resources you think we should add to the website, please let us know.
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If you received a PPP Loan, please start this process to get forgiveness/repayment in process. Not all of the loan can be forgiven but a percentage can and you earned it!! |
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COVID Business Hotline 303-860-5881 |
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FREE Webinars from the SBDC |
Webinar Topics in English, Spanish and MANY TOPICS
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All COVID-19 Business Resources have been combined HERE and are updated regularly.
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COVID-19 Personal & Health Resources |
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All Personal Resources have been combined HERE and are updated regularly.
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olorado Sprit is a North Range Behavioral Health-provided resource to assist those whose behavioral health has been impacted by COVID-19. At no cost to patients, it provides assistance and confidential support to people struggling with mental and emotional challenges as a result of the crisis caused by this pandemic. Please contact Shawna Cranmer (shawna.cranmer@northrange.org) with questions.
Additionally, there is now a specialized confidential/no cost statewide telephone/text support line for Teachers/Educators and Healthcare Workers (303-724-2500), being offered by the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. The line is open 8:00am-8:00pm 7 days a week.
For the latest updates from the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment visit:
· COVID-19 Testing Locations in Weld County:
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COVID-19 RAPID RESPONSE TEAM OFFERS TESTING FOR WINDSOR AND SURROUNDING AREAS
WELD COUNTY, CO — A COVID-19 testing site will be open at Eastman Park in Windsor starting Monday, December 21 and running through December 31. The testing, operated by MAKO Medical, was made possible through the efforts of the Board of Commissioners, the Weld County Health Department, the Weld County Office of Emergency Management, the Town of Windsor and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
Testing, which will be at 7025 Eastman Park Drive, Windsor, 80550, is open to the public and is offered at no charge. Testing times will be from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The testing site will be closed on December 24 and December 25; however, it will be open on Saturday, December 26, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Pre-registration is recommended to reduce wait times for testing, but on-site registration is available. Test results will be provided four days following the test.
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Colorado Sprit is a North Range Behavioral Health-provided resource to assist those whose behavioral health has been impacted by COVID-19. At no cost to patients, it provides assistance and confidential support to people struggling with mental and emotional challenges as a result of the crisis caused by this pandemic. See the attached email and below-linked website for more details.
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One moment could change a child’s life. YOU could change a child’s life! CASA of Weld County, a program of Life Stories, is recruiting adults in our community to become CASA volunteers to work with and advocate for children who have been abused or neglected in Weld County. No experience necessary. Next training will be on-line starting June 11. Contact kodie@lifestoriesweld.org or go to www.lifestoriesweld.org/casa for more information and to get started.
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