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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Resources<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1">Back to Work Business Planner by Maury Forman: “This is a checklist to help businesses in the Post-Pandemic period, the time when business returns to a “new normal” and businesses
 can catch their collective breath, if even for a moment.” <a href="http://startup.choosewashingtonstate.com/home/covid-first-wave-planner-1/">
Click Here</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1">Cash Flow Worksheet for Nonprofits: Interesting blog on financial leadership
<a href="https://blogs.claconnect.com/nonprofitinnovation/financial-leadership-in-the-face-of-impossible-choices/">
Click Here</a> <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1">Amanda Brinkman (of Small Business Revolution) and SCORE are offering a free marketing webinar on 4/28. Speaking of Amanda, if you need some inspiration, check out her Small Business
 Big Heart series. <a href="https://www.deluxe.com/small-business-revolution/big-hearts">
Click Here</a><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Grants<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Save Small Businesses Fund: By US Chamber of Commerce, $5k grants available for businesses in distressed communities
<a href="https://savesmallbusiness.com/">Click Here</a> <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">CARES Act National Endowment for the Arts (NEA): The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act recognizes that the nonprofit arts industry is an important sector
 of America’s economy. The National Endowment for the Arts will award funds to nonprofit arts organizations across the country to help these entities and their employees endure the economic hardships caused by the forced closure of their operations due to the
 spread of COVID-19. As part of this important investment, the Arts Endowment has designed a plan to expedite the distribution of critical funds to the national, regional, state, and local levels to help retain as many jobs as possible, as quickly as possible.
 These funds are intended to help save jobs in the arts sector and keep the doors open to the thousands of organizations that add value to America’s economy and the creative life of our communities. Deadline: Submit to Grants.gov Part 1-April 22, 2020, submit
 application May 4, 2020. <a href="https://www.arts.gov/grants-organizations/CARES/grant-program-description">
Click Here</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Farmer Relief Fund – American Farmland Trust: AFT’s Farmer Relief Fund will award farmers with cash grants of up to $1,000 each to help them weather the current storm of market
 disruptions caused by the coronavirus crisis. Initially, eligible applicants include any small and mid-size direct-market producers. These are defined as producers with annual gross revenue of between $10,000 and $1 million from sales at farmers markets and/or
 direct sales to restaurants, caterers, schools, stores, or makers who use farm products as inputs. Deadline: Initial application round extending until April 23rd, with grants beginning to be made by May 1st.
<a href="https://farmland.org/farmer-relief-fund/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=b4dec3c2-c1b8-4aa2-b782-05fe7af2c3b7">
Click Here</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">The Main Street Initiative – Mainvest: If you have an existing brick & mortar business that has been negatively affected by the COVID-19 outbreak and you launch a capital raise
 on Mainvest, you may be eligible to receive a $2,000 zero-interest loan immediately*. Then through your capital raise, you can receive over $100,000 of investment from your community.
<a href="https://mainvest.com/main-street-initiative">Click Here</a>Hart Family Fund for Small Towns – National Trust for Historic Preservation: Grants from the Hart Family Fund for Small Towns are intended to encourage preservation at the local level by providing
 seed money for preservation projects in small towns. These grants help stimulate public discussion, enable local groups to gain the technical expertise needed for particular projects, introduce the public to preservation concepts and techniques, and encourage
 financial participation by the private sector. Grants from the Hart Family Fund for Small Towns generally range from $2,500 to $15,000. Public agencies and nonprofit organizations in towns with a population of 10,000 or less are eligible. Deadline: May 1,
 2020. <a href="https://forum.savingplaces.org/build/funding/grant-seekers/specialprograms/hart-family-fund">
Click Here</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Community Challenge – AARP: The AARP Community Challenge grant program is part of the nationwide AARP Livable Communities initiative that helps communities become great places to
 live for residents of all ages. The AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to fund "quick-action" projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages. The grant program will provide funds for community-based projects related
 to housing, transportation, public space, technology (“smart cities”), civic engagement, and more. Grants can range from several hundred dollars for smaller, short-term activities to several thousand or tens of thousands of dollars for larger projects. EXTENDED
 Deadline: May 15, 2020. <a href="https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/community-challenge/info-2020/2020-challenge.html">
Click Here</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Community Ties Giving Program – Union Pacific Foundation: Building upon Union Pacific’s heritage, the mission of the Union Pacific Community Ties Giving Program is to build safe,
 prosperous, and vibrant communities by investing in high-quality nonprofits and programs in the cities and towns in which Union Pacific operates and their employees live and work. These grants are focused in the areas of safety, workforce development, and
 community spaces. Union Pacific is committed to supporting the local economy by building and enhancing community spaces that contribute to the distinct identity of a city or town, creating destinations where families, businesses, and visitors want to be. Typical
 grant awards range from $2,500 to $25,000 for a one year grant. Deadline: May 31, 2020. 
<a href="https://www.up.com/aboutup/community/foundation/local-grants/index.htm">
Click Here</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">Building Vibrant Communities – Bank of America Charitable Foundation: Vibrant communities are places where individuals can thrive and succeed and have the opportunity to live and
 work with safe, decent housing, transportation to jobs, strong business corridors and thriving arts and culture districts. All of these are essential to an individual’s overall economic mobility. Bank of America supports local and regional revitalization efforts
 taking a approach to building thriving communities, create economic opportunity and livable neighborhoods. This includes support of economic drivers such as arts and cultural institutions that contribute to the overall vitality of the community. Available
 to communities in the Kansas City and St. Louis metro areas. Deadline: Applications accepted beginning June 1, 2020 through June 26, 2020.
<a href="https://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us/partnering-locally.html#fbid=kQjnxjh2jC8">
Click Here</a><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">NMSC Updates</span></u></strong><u><span style="color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"> <o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q55XJR6" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#00A1BA">Main Street Kudos Campaign</span></strong></a><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">.
</span></strong>NMSC is asking communities to share with them people who have brought joy and support to Main Streets programs during the pandemic. Volunteers, staff, neighbors, etc. who are pulling long nights, converting their businesses to make hand sanitizer
 and other PPEs, providing free meals to first responders, and everyone in between. This initiative is part of this month's theme of their
<a href="https://www.mainstreet.org/blogs/national-main-street-center/2020/04/06/we-are-main-street-celebrating-volunteers?CommunityKey=c40a84d1-46b2-465c-985c-c08ed69081ab&tab=" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#00A1BA">We Are Main Street theme: volunteers.</span></a> We are asking communities share their kudos using
<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q55XJR6" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00A1BA">this survey</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:#333333;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo7">
NMSC has another upcoming webinar in their Main Street & COVID-19 webinar series. All webinars are free and recorded:
<a href="https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8813328273062505741" target="_blank">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#00A1BA">UrbanMain & the COVID-19 Response</span></strong></a>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">| April 28<sup>th</sup> at 12pm ET.</span></strong> The COVID-19 pandemic has hit urban areas hardest, with research emerging on the disparate impacts on communities of color. Join this
<a href="https://www.urbanmain.org/home" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00A1BA">UrbanMain
</span></a>webinar to hear how neighborhood commercial district managers are quickly responding with local policy initiatives, small business e-commerce tools, and grants to meet the needs of their communities.<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<span style="color:#333333">Recordings of their previous webinars and supporting documents are listed below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Leading Through Crisis (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw5tROTbAkY" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00A1BA">recording</span></a> |
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<span style="color:#00A1BA">slides</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;box-sizing: border-box">
Main Street Organizational Health Check-up (<a href="https://youtu.be/h5I_xVmXY_Q" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00A1BA">recording</span></a> |
<a href="https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/NMSC/390e0055-2395-4d3b-af60-81b53974430d/UploadedImages/Resource_Center/COVID_19/org_checkup_webinar.pdf" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#00A1BA">resources</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;box-sizing: border-box">
Supporting Local Safely (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B62mwrNIL2I" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00A1BA">recording</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;box-sizing: border-box">
Investing on Main Street: MSA + EIG (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJXQ_7j0M90&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank"><span style="color:#00A1BA">recording</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;box-sizing: border-box">
Small Business Research Report (recording available soon)<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#C55A11;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Fun Ideas<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2">Businesses are creating value through curated delivery services, like Walla Walla Clothing style boxes which makes remote shopping fun and personal.
<a href="https://wallawallaclothing.com/pages/style-boxes">Click Here</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2">“I WANT TO PARTY WITH _______ ” - is a social media engagement challenge put on by Ellensburg Downtown Association that calls on locals to submit 30-second videos about which downtown
 business they’d want to party with through Facebook or email. They’ll post videos (one per business) on Facebook and whichever gets the most engagement will win a $1,000 party once social distancing is over supported by EDA volunteers.
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/226471995404894/">Click Here</a><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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