Coronavirus

EDA: $5.5 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance Invested to Support Industrial, Tourism, and Manufacturing Growth and Resiliency Efforts in Tennessee

 Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $5.5 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to help the state of Tennessee prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. “The Economic Development Administration is committed to helping communities across the nation implement strategies to mitigate economic hardships brought on by the…

EDA: $3 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance Invested to Support Coronavirus Pandemic Economic Recovery and Resiliency Efforts in Morganfield, KY

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Union County Fiscal Court, Morganfield, Kentucky, to make sanitary sewer infrastructure improvements needed to support business and job growth and to build economic resiliency in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. This EDA grant,…

EDA: $2 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance Invested to Support Workforce Growth and Business Capital Assistance Efforts in Kansas

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $2 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to help the state of Kansas prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. “The Economic Development Administration is committed to helping communities across the nation implement strategies to mitigate economic hardships brought on by the…

EDA: $1.5 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance Invested to Support Business Recovery and Resiliency Efforts in West Virginia

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Natural Capital Investment Fund, Inc., (NCIF), Charles Town, West Virginia, to provide the staffing and technical assistance capacity needed to deploy technical assistance and up to $5 million in capital to West Virginia businesses…

EDA: $595,654 in CARES Act Recovery Assistance Invested to Launch Program to Support Regional Economies in Colorado

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $595,654 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Colorado State University (CSU), Grand Junction, Colorado, to launch the Planning and Technical Support to Diversify Colorado Economic Opportunities program. This EDA grant will be matched with $150,212 in local investment. “The Economic Development Administration…

EDA: $552,733 in CARES Act Recovery Assistance Invested to Provide Economic Recovery and Resiliency Assistance to Communities Across Missouri

Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $552,733 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Missouri Main Street Connection, Inc., Branson, Missouri, to assist Missouri communities in responding to and recovering from the coronavirus pandemic through the Main Street economic recovery technical assistance and training program. This EDA grant, to…

ABA: Radio Advertising Campaign Encouraging Small Businesses to Apply for PPP Loans Launched

The American Bankers Association has launched a radio advertising campaign airing on 60 stations in 14 states and the District of Columbia encouraging small businesses that still need help weathering the pandemic to reach out to local banks and apply for a forgivable Paycheck Protection Program loan. The ads, which begin airing today in select markets, specifically…

CFPB: New Report Finds Over 11 Million Families at Risk of Losing Housing

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a report that warns of widespread evictions and foreclosures once federal, state, and local pandemic protections come to an end, absent additional public and private action. Over 11 million families are behind on their rent or mortgage payments: 2.1 million families are behind at least three months…

Census Bureau: Small Business Pulse Survey Phase 4 Weekly Data Released

The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the fourth phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS). Data collection began Feb. 15. Results will be released weekly Feb. 25 to April 22. The SBPS includes questions on topics such as location closings, changes in employment, disruptions in the supply chain, the use of federal assistance initiatives such…

FHFA: COVID-19 Forebearance Period and Foreclosure and REO Eviction Moratoriums Extended until June 30, 2021

Aligns COVID-19 mortgage relief policies across the federal government Today, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced extensions of several measures to align COVID-19 mortgage relief policies across the federal government.  FHFA announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) are extending the moratoriums on single-family foreclosures and real estate owned (REO) evictions until…