{"id":5875,"date":"2020-03-23T18:46:39","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T22:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anokaareachamber.com\/?p=5875"},"modified":"2020-03-23T18:47:06","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T22:47:06","slug":"emergency-help-for-business-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anokaareachamber.com\/?p=5875","title":{"rendered":"Emergency help for business owners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Walz signed <span class=\"normaltextrun\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/deed\/newscenter\/press-releases\/#\/detail\/appId\/1\/id\/424384\">Executive Order 20-15<\/a> today which is intended to offer emergency help for business owners affected by the temporary closures under Executive Order 20-04 and 20-08 who do not have enough cash flow to meet their basic family needs.<\/span><span class=\"eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word;\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">The order does a few things:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">First,\u00a0it\u00a0directs DEED to\u00a0create a\u00a0Small Business Emergency Loan Program\u00a0by making available $30 million from special revenue funds.\u00a0 These dollars will be used by DEED\u2019s lender network to make loans of between $2,500 and $35,000 for qualifying small businesses. The loans will be 50% forgivable, and offered at a 0% interest rate. These emergency loans will be made by an existing network of lenders DEED works with across the state. DEED expects loan applications will available later this week through our lender network.\u00a0Notably, we are asking all small business\u00a0who need loans to apply with the SBA as well, to ensure we\u2019re taking advantage of all the federal dollars available for Minnesota businesses.<\/span><span class=\"eop\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word;\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\">Second, effective immediately, any local unit of government or lending partner that has revolving loan funds that were provided by the State Minnesota Investment Fund program appropriations,\u00a0or Minnesota Investment Fund Disaster program appropriations, may over the next 90 days issue loans to retail and service providers.\u00a0Full State guidelines for the use of these funds can be found at\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/deed\/business\/financing-business\/deed-programs\/mif\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #0070c0;\">Minnesota Investment Fund<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"normaltextrun\">\u00a0page. Local units of government must also follow their individual revolving loan fund guidelines. 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