Critical Business Updates

• Continually-updated page of must-know information for businesses, including the latest information on state and federal orders, other resources

Chippewa Valley COVID-19 Economic Recovery Task Force

Eau Claire Chamber COVID-19 Page

• Information and links about local businesses, resources and more

Chippewa Valley Business Community COVID-19 Resource

• A Facebook Group for businesses to post and share information

Eau Claire City-County Health Dept COVID-19 page

Literacy Chippewa Valley is collaborating with JONAH (Joining our Neighbors Advancing Hope) to do a community wide survey on how COVID-19 has affected the community.  

Click here to take the survey

Effective May 26, 2020, Chamber staff returned to work at the Chamber office after working remotely since mid-March.  Please note that the doors to the front desk area will remain locked until further notice.  To place Chamber Bucks orders, schedule Certificate of Origin and notary services, or to speak to Chamber staff members, please call the office at (715) 834-1204. 

For more information on how the Chamber will proceed going forward, check out this video featuring President & CEO, Dave Minor and Chamber staff.

"Committed to Safety" Business Decal Application Launches

About this initiative:

The Chippewa Valley Economic Recovery Task Force (“Task Force”) is working to help local businesses recover from and mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Once submitted, applications will be processed. Pending approval, decals will be mailed directly to businesses applying. If a business has multiple locations, an application must be submitted for each.

APPLY FOR THE DECAL HERE!

About this Task Force:

The formation of the Chippewa Valley COVID-19 Economic Recovery Task Force is an effort to pull together resources, organizations and talent from across the Chippewa Valley to help us emerge from this crisis in an orderly, successful, safe and stronger position to support our local economy. We are in strong partnership with the Eau Claire City-County Health Department.

View the full press release here. 
 

Free Job Board Postings for Chamber Member Businesses

With many Chippewa Valley businesses reopening and looking for skilled workers, the Chamber is offering free postings on its job board through June 30, 2020.  To post a job, click here and use the discount code TOGETHER2020.  For questions or help with job postings, contact Chrystal Mills at mills@eauclairechamber.org

Is Your Business Open or Reopening?  Share Your Information Via the Chamber Website

With the current and eventual reopening of many small businesses in the Chippewa Valley, the Chamber would like to keep the community and its members informed on how businesses will proceed moving forward.  If your business is currently open or taking steps to reopen in the near future, please take a few minutes to email us the following information:

• Days and hours of business operations
• Consumer expectations, i.e. masks encouraged, required, not required
• Is curbside service available?
• Are appointments required?
• In-store customer limit
• Any other pertinent information - steps you are taking to ensure safety, etc. 

The Chamber has created a page on its website devoted to business reopening information.  This page will be continuously updated as we receive information from our members. 

We also encourage you to reference the reopening guidelines provided by Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC).  The WEDC site breaks down each type of business by sector and gives guidance, resources and best practices to use within your business.  

Please send your business updates to: mills@eauclairechamber.org
 

WEDC Announces New “We’re All In” Grant Initiative

Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) has announced the formation of a new grant initiative called “We’re All In”.  This grant program will provide $2,500 grants to 30,000 small businesses.  The grant is designed to help small businesses get back on their feet amid the COVID-19 pandemic while also encouraging them to adopt best practices to keep employees, customers and communities safe.  Funded by the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act and announced by Gov. Evers on May 18, the grants will help small businesses with the costs of business interruption or for health and safety improvements, wages and salaries, rent, mortgages and inventory.  Businesses can apply starting June 15 at 8:00 a.m. through June 21 at 11:59 p.m.

For guidelines on which businesses can or cannot apply, information on the application process and a listing of documents required to apply, go to the WEDC blog site. 

WEDC will be hosting a webinar to go over the program and answer questions on Tuesday, June 2 at 8:30 a.m.  To join the webinar, go to https://meet.lync.com/wedc-org/tracy.luber/YTHCCVJT or to join by phone, (888) 315-9920,,611724857# (Dial-in Number)
 

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