SPOKANE, Wash — Small business owners have until Dec. 11 to apply for Working Washington Small Business grants.
Applications for up to $20,000 in emergency funding opened on Dec. 2 , a week after Governor Jay Inslee announced an additional $70 million for businesses.
Small businesses with yearly revenues of $5 million or less in 2019, businesses in the sectors that are most impacted by the recent public health measures. Certain nonprofits are also eligible.
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Retailers' holiday complaints halt Corporate road work
After a dismal year of business due to shutdowns from the COVID-19 pandemic, retailers and restaurateurs along Corporate Boulevard were looking forward to an uptick in activity during the holiday shopping season, which officially kicked off last week.
So they were more than a little dismayed when construction crews recently began digging up and repairing portions of the busy street, reducing traffic on Corporate to one lane and, in some cases, blocking entrances to their parking lots.
New tax relief and grants will support California's small businesses impacted by COVID-19 -
A new state tax credit plus $500 million in COVID-19 Relief Grants are among the new financial stimulus programs available to eligible small businesses in California that have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Nov. 30.
Applications for the hiring tax credit, called the Main Street Small Business Tax Credit, opened Dec. 1, and the governor announced today that $20 million of the available $100 million has already tentatively been claimed. Eligible applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Pharrell is looking for the next big stars in the business | WAVY.com
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Pharrell, no last name needed, is an international icon in entertainment, activism, and fashion — and he’s ours.
The Princess Anne High School graduate has announced plans to showcase minority entrepreneurs in a two-pronged program to cultivate the nation’s next leaders in business and industry.
The program, Black Ambition, focuses on Black and Latinx entrepreneurs in technology, healthcare, design, consumer products, and consumer services.
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Washington Opens Grant Application Portal for Small-Business Relief - Eater Seattle
Inslee has promised that industries most impacted by recent COVID-19 restrictions would be prioritized, which includes restaurants and bars, and the funds have a fairly flexible range of uses, covering expenses or costs incurred due to the pandemic and to continue business operations. The state is also earmarking $25 million in new financial aid to residential rent assistance, and $15 million to energy assistance for low-income residents.
But there's only so much money to go around in the state coffers from the federal CARES Act, and it remains in doubt whether the available assistance will be enough to keep restaurants, bars, and workers afloat for very long. The maximum grant available is $20,000 and, while every little bit helps, that amount for businesses in Seattle — which face high rents in addition to other costs — will likely close any funding gaps for only few weeks.
Masks required, no exceptions: Boise business owner has strong message for anti-mask protesters |
BOISE, Idaho — Over the weekend, a small contingent of protesters from the 'People's Rights Network,' which claimed to be a part of a civil rights mask movement, visited several stores in downtown Boise.
Witnesses said the group handed out flyers, claiming their constitutional rights are being violated under Boise's public health order , which requires everyone to wear a mask when out in public, among other things.
Mike Rogers has been a business owner in downtown Boise for 25 years. He makes custom jewelry in his shop, Precious Metal Arts, on Bannock Street.
Taking on the business scenario-planning giants, Pigment raises a $25.9M Series A led by Blossom
Realizing that modern, complex businesses can no longer be adequately managed using spreadsheet-style programs, the founders of Pigment decided there had to be a better solution. Their business forecasting platform has now raised a substantial Series A of $25.9 million, led by Blossom Capital.
Those last two investors are significant because Paris-based Pigment competes with both Anaplan and Workday. Also of note is the fact that another planning product, Adaptive Insights, was sold to Workday for $1.6 billion.
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