<div dir="auto">Could we take the mad scramble out of it? Have all small businesses apply over the course of 2 weeks. A lottery can be held for all eligible applicants. Those that don’t win are automatically enrolled for the next round - just have to update their application. Can we do this?</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 4:36 PM STUART Sheri * OPRD via OMS_MANAGERS <<a href="mailto:oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov">oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin Teater<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 19, 2020 3:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Oregon Main Street program managers <<a href="mailto:oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Update on Additional Business Funding through Business Oregon<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The link was not posted before 3pm, at least not that I noticed. The page has definitely updated since I saw it around 2:30pm.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">It's so frustrating to me because we have so many businesses who struggle with technology or who speak English as their non-primary language.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I don't know how a grant like this can be released and have it be a first-come, first-serve basis without. That automatically excludes a huge portion of our community from
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 19, 2020 3:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Oregon Main Street program managers <<a href="mailto:oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Update on Additional Business Funding through Business Oregon</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal">yeah that was totally frustrating. we didn't get in. going to have to close if it gets extended longer than the two weeks<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="m_-548205872648969987xmsonormal"><i><span style="color:#1f497d">“The portal is already been closed. $25M in asks in 22 minutes.”</span></i><u></u><u></u></p>
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<a href="https://www.scdcinc.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1">South Coast Development Council, Inc.</span></a>
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<p class="m_-548205872648969987xmsonormal"><span style="color:black">541-888-7003 | <a href="http://emily@scdcinc.org" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#0563c1">emily@scdcinc.org</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Todd Carpenter<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 19, 2020 3:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> STUART Sheri * OPRD <<a href="mailto:Sheri.Stuart@oregon.gov" target="_blank">Sheri.Stuart@oregon.gov</a>>; Oregon Main Street program managers <<a href="mailto:oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">oms_managers@omls.oregon.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OMS_MANAGERS] Update on Additional Business Funding through Business Oregon<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="m_-548205872648969987xmsonormal"><b>From:</b> LIEBE Annette * GOV <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 18, 2020 4:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> LIEBE Annette * GOV <<a href="mailto:Annette.LIEBE@oregon.gov" target="_blank">Annette.LIEBE@oregon.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Central Oregon Economic Development Committee: Additional Business Funding<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="m_-548205872648969987xmsonormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">>From Carolyn Meece, Regional Development Office for Business Oregon:</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="m_-548205872648969987xmsonormal">As I hope you have heard, Business Oregon has been awarded $20 million more to assist Oregon small businesses, the announcement is below this email. The application portal for small businesses will open tomorrow and I don’t think it will
take long to get subscribed/oversubscribed. Please be aware that this is my best information as of right now. I am hoping you will help me get this information out to small businesses. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<li class="m_-548205872648969987xmsonormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The portal should be opening tomorrow (maybe late morning or early afternoon)</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">.
</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-548205872648969987xmsonormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">These funds are the $20 million from EBoard/CARES funds. The $55 million is a separate pot and
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">will be awarded to Counties.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-548205872648969987xmsonormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This will be
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">on </span>
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">a first come/first served basis with a geographic overlay and open until somewhat oversubscribed.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-548205872648969987xmsonormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We expect the portal to close quickly,
<b>maybe</b> 24 hours?</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-548205872648969987xmsonormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">There are two parts to the process. The application and the follow up information.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-548205872648969987xmsonormal" style="color:black"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The application will be relatively simple and needs to be complete</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">
as soon as possible once portal opens</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">. Make sure all questions are answered and boxes are checked. Here are some suggestions of info to have on hand w</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">hen
completing</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> the application (please understand I haven’t seen the application, so am taking best information of what will be needed):</span></b><u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<li class="m_-548205872648969987xmsonormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Financial statements (P&L/Income Statements) for comparable periods in 2019 and 2020 demonstrating a 25% decline in revenues/sales (between
March 1, 2020 and August 31, 2020) unless the business was required to close under Executive Order (EO) 20-12 and EO 20-65 (revenue/sales verification waived for these businesses).</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-548205872648969987xmsonormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Loan documents for PPP & EIDL loans.</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-548205872648969987xmsonormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Oregon Employment Department (OED) Form 132 to verify employment (Q4 2019, Q1 2020, Q2 2020
<b>or</b> Q3 2020).</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_-548205872648969987xmsonormal" style="color:black"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This information will need to be returned no later than December 1, 2020.</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<p class="m_-548205872648969987xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We expect and are targeting to have these funds fully deployed and out to small businesses by December 15 (payments to businesses will
be batched daily as applications are completed and awards are finalized).</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="m_-548205872648969987xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Please let me know if you have any questions and I’ll see if I can get answers!</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="m_-548205872648969987xmsonormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"Roboto Slab",serif">Sincerely, Carolyn</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">More Grants to Help Oregon Small Businesses are on the Way</span></b><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Salem, OR — As the economic impacts of the pandemic continue, the Oregon legislature and Governor Kate Brown have allocated millions
more in grant funding for Business Oregon to deliver into the hands of small businesses across Oregon. On Monday, November 9<sup>th</sup>, the Emergency Board of the Oregon Legislature approved $20 million more to Business Oregon’s Emergency Business Assistance
Grant Fund. This funding and program are separate from the $55 million in funds the Governor also announced this week.</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This grant fund has already put approximately $25 million out into the community through four rounds of funding. The first four rounds
were allocated from Business Oregon to intermediary lenders such as cities, counties, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), and Economic Development Districts (EDDs), who in turn granted the money to individual businesses. With this new round,
Business Oregon is able to fund businesses directly. The grants are available to small businesses that have seen lost revenue due to the pandemic, and that meet a minimal set of requirements.</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">“This funding is timely, as we face the sharp increase in COVID-19 under this new wave of the pandemic,” said Business Oregon Director
Chris Cummings. “These grants can help our small business owners today, but to get back to business in the long haul we’ve got to do what it takes now to stop the spread of this virus.”</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This round makes some changes to previous rounds of grant funding under the program, so that more businesses can access the funds. Businesses
with up to 100 employees can apply, whereas previous funding was limited to those with up to 25 employees, to ensure smaller businesses could access the funds first.
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<span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Most previous rounds also targeted businesses that did not already receive assistance through the CARES Act (such as PPP, EIDL, City
of Portland Small Relief Program, the Oregon Cares Fund for Black Relief + Resiliency and other programs funded with CARES Act funds). This round will now consider applications from businesses with 1 to 25 employees that
<b><i>have</i></b><i> </i>already received anywhere from $100,000 to $1 million in funding from these federal resources. Businesses with 26 to 100 employees are eligible regardless of the amount of federal resources they received (up to $1,000,000), if they
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<span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Businesses are eligible to receive up to $200,000 in grant funding as detailed in the grant application. To be eligible, a business
must show it was prohibited from operations by the </span></span><a href="https://development.oregon4biz.com/acton/ct/14786/s-044e-2011/Bct/q-000c/l-0007:9d/ct2_0/1/l?sid=TV2%3A1dyxHZ6rz" title="Governor's executive order" target="_blank"><span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006699">Governor’s
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a 25% reduction in sales over a 30-day period in 2020 compared to a comparable period in 2019.</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Tomorrow, Thursday November 19, the application form and additional details will be found on
</span></span><a href="https://development.oregon4biz.com/acton/ct/14786/s-044e-2011/Bct/q-000c/l-0007:9d/ct3_0/1/l?sid=TV2%3A1dyxHZ6rz" target="_blank"><span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006699">Business
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not yet posted in the morning, a time estimate will be provided on the web page. Grants will be reviewed on a first-come first-served basis, and will be allocated so that there is an equitable geographic distribution of funds as dictated by the Oregon Legislature.
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<span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The application portal will close once applications totaling $25 million in requested grants are received. Business Oregon will reopen
the portal if any funds remain after reviewing those initial applications for eligibility.</span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Additional resources and information on COVID-19 response can be found on the
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