[OMS_MANAGERS] Consolidated COVID-19 Email

Fri Mar 13 15:59:29 PDT 2020

First of all, I’d like to thank everyone who had a hand in compiling this list – very helpful to have so much information in one place and not have to reinvent the wheel, and the timing was impeccable.

Having said that, our Economic Vitality Committee is going to go door-to-door Monday to distribute the attached (it’s still a draft). We have some local groups that are bombarding our businesses with urgent requests for their impact stories, forms for federal emergency aid, etc., which I think is becoming overwhelming and creating extra anxiety. I wanted to get our Downtown businesses something to assure them that 1) we recognize the urgency of the issue and are here to help; 2) they are not alone in this; and 3) provide some actionable information as they have been bombarded with nothing but bad news lately. I’ll duplicate the info on our website so that it can be updated in real-time. 

Mostly, I wanted to share this because I reformatted the list of (great!) ideas below so it’s directed more toward businesses. 

Thanks again, and have a great weekend!

D

From: OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us> on behalf of STUART Sheri * OPRD via OMS_MANAGERS <oms_managers at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Reply-To: STUART Sheri * OPRD <Sheri.Stuart at oregon.gov>, Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Date: Friday, March 13, 2020 at 1:16 PM
To: Oregon Main Street program managers <oms_managers at listsmart.osl.state.or.us>
Subject: [OMS_MANAGERS] Consolidated COVID-19 Email

Just so you can keep track of all the emails today re:COVID-19, we will keep updating this list so you have the info all in one area and can delete the previous emails.

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Special Training Report: see attached. Plus, webinar at: https://whizbangtraining.com/ 

Resource Links:

City of Estacada Tips: https://mailchi.mp/4e2a9014c84e/free-money-for-local-tourism-1347595?e=b5405c8fb8 

Locable Blog https://www.locable.com/2020/03/13/1082/marketing-your-small-business-or-community-in-this-time-of-the-covid-19-coronavirus/ 

Facebook offered a Business Resource Hub to give some guidance to small businesses

Within this link, there is a Business Resilience Toolkit and a Small Business Resilience Quick Action Guide

Here is also an interesting NPR link related to how small business can weather the storm, and some outcomes that may arise. 

Built Oregon Small Business Impact Survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmfjKctrvDHiQcDlOvgdtmGnbnjXImjR39Yr1LVagVx7ZAtg/viewform

Business Oregon COVID-19 Financial Resources for Businesses
https://www.oregon4biz.com/Coronavirus-Information/COVID19-Resources.php

Greater Portland Inc COVID-19 Business Resources https://greaterportlandinc.com/covid-business-resources

Stoel Rives Coronavirus Resource Center
https://www.stoel.com/legal-insights/special-reports/coronavirus-resource-center

Perkins Coie Coronavirus Guidance for Businesses https://www.perkinscoie.com/en/trending-now/topics/coronavirus-guidance-for-businesses.html

Tonkon Torp Guidance on Business Interruption Insurance
https://tonkon.com/alerts/2020-03-12/will-business-interruption-insurance-cover-coronavirus-related-disruptions.html

SBA Emergency Funds

https://www.sba.gov/about-sba/sba-newsroom/press-releases-media-advisories/sba-provide-disaster-assistance-loans-small-businesses-impacted-coronavirus-covid-19 

COVID-19 National Business Emergency Operations Center Link

https://www.sba.gov/page/guidance-businesses-employers-plan-respond-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19

This is the link for the SBA’s Guidance for Business and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID 19).

FEMA COVID-19 National Business Emergency Operations Center.  For those not familiar with this platform, it acts as a portal to update the private sector industry on activity, resources and current updates on various threats facing the country.  If you have not been in here before, it provides a wealth of information and updates on the current national preparedness and response activity.  Here is the link:  https://fema.connectsolutions.com/nbeoc  

City of Woodburn The City has also added a link on its webpage to help inform the community:  https://www.woodburn-or.gov/administration/page/city-woodburn-public-health-info

Ideas:
Encourage community members to buy gift certificates at local restaurants to be used later in the year
Help restaurants connect to food delivery services or more take-out options
Yoga studios doing videoconference sessions
Retail businesses enhancing their online shopping experience. or finally getting moving on creating one
Small-Medium businesses intensifying their social media presence
Offer facetime, skype, or chat channel services for selling virtually face-to-face, answering questions, providing the same customer service interaction you would get in a M&P atmosphere at location
When people work remotely, they are more susceptible to online shopping, checking in with social media more often, ect. Encourage businesses to take advantage of this.
Develop a cleaning protocol w/a local cleaning service and go out one-on-one to businesses; develop a pledge “Downtown Cares About Your Health” with on-site messaging available to promote enhanced cleaning and other measures
Encourage businesses to publish their commitment to public health, outlining their actions for offering a clean facility and healthy staff
Keep customers updated on new experiences or products you'll offer when things subside
Coffee shops who roast  can set up a customer membership for "subscribe & save" delivery or pick-up of beans, get people to order for the next couple weeks
Small grocers can offer to receive online grocery lists and shop for their customers to pick-up products or deliver them
Promote the value and reliability of locally sourced and local supply chains
Stay in touch with customers by livestreaming. Show what you are doing to stay in business and get excited about the strategies you've come up with to meet customer needs during this time. Ex: Coffee shop that welcome people to connect with them every morning at 8am for the local news downtown, the local history story of the morning, the morning joke, or a meet your barista spotlight, etc. 
Look into business interruption insurance
Local physicians to offer telemedicine services
Breweries can keep offering trivia nights by livestreaming and using an app that polls people's responses, customers being encouraged to drink their brews while participating or getting extra points for posting a picture of them and their brews at home.

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