MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS TO SUPPORT YOU! 

• Answer the phone and have an up-to-date recorded message. (Your customers may want to call-in their orders.)

• Update your hours on your website, on Google and on Facebook. If your hours change, make sure to make the change in all places.

• • Restaurants: Make changes to your listings on Google, Facebook, Yelp, Zomato and Bing.

• Update your operations! For instance you no longer provide sit-down service, only take-out or curbside pick-up. 

• • Note those changes on your website and all social media.

• Amplify your social media presence! @PiHiAlliance on Facebook #pihialliance #pihia

• Offer online gift cards that can be purchased now and used later: https://www.merchantmaverick.com/gift-cards-for-small-businesses/

• Offer subscriptions services, online delivery options and live streaming services/events. 

UPDATES YOU NEED TO KNOW

Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Creates $7 Million Fund to Assist Those Impacted by COVID-19

• $1.5 million to support small business continuity

• Invest Atlanta is working on a Small Business Continuity Loan Fund. Details are being worked on now. 

FILL OUT THIS SURVEY IN ORDER TO PREPARE OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY FOR POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE!

• Fill out as many times as you need to help us track the impact on your business due to COVID-19. The survey is timestamped! 

BUSINESS LOANS AND INFO

SBA Disaster Loan Assistance Declared for GA- Application Now Open

SBA Loan Process Overview

https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela/ - Use Economic Injury when Submitting! 

https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela/Documents/Three_Step_Process_SBA_Disaster_Loans.pdf

TAX PAYMENTS & UNEMPLOYMENT

Treasury and IRS to delay tax payment deadline by 90 days

NEW Information for filing for unemployment, mandatory filing by employers for partial claims, and reemployment services

Great article from Nerd Wallet about who qualifies for unemployment

Department of Labor FAQs on Fair Labor Standards Act & Family and Medical Leave Act

COVID-19 Resources from CDC

Business Interruption Insurance and COVID-19

LOANS

PayPal Loans for Business

KIVA business loans

Facebook Small Business Grants Program