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Economic Support and Recovery Resources for Businesses
Economic Support and Recovery Resources to help Small Businesses in the City of St. Louis during and post the COVID-19 Emergency
Local Resources
Business Information Center from the St. Louis Regional Chamber
https://www.stlregionalchamber.com/covid-19
Small Business Resource Program from the St. Louis Development Corporation & the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership:
https://stlpartnership.com/grow-your-business/
Regional Response Fund from the St. Louis Community Foundation
https://stlgives.org/covid19/regional-response-fund/
Gateway Resilience Fund from Rio Yawitz & Gerard Craft
https://stlgives.org/covid19/gateway-resilience-fund/
Take It Home STL from Explore St. Louis
https://explorestlouis.com/stl-take-it-home/
State Resources
Unemployment information, workers’ compensation & discrimination from the Missouri Department of Labor
https://labor.mo.gov/coronavirus#mini-panel-coronavirus-tabs1
Federal Resources
Disaster Loan Assistance
From the U.S. Small Business Administration
https://www.sba.gov/disaster-assistance/coronavirus-covid-19
Paycheck Protection Program
The Small Business Administration will forgive loans if all employees are kept on the payroll for eight weeks and the money is used for payroll, rent, mortgage interest, or utilities.
Last updated: April 7, 2020
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