EDC has a virtual trove of training, grants available to islanders

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Join the EDC for a FREE course in Sustainability Management

Join the EDC for a FREE course in Sustainability Management and receive certification as a Sustainability Professional. $549/person course cost has been covered by a generous grant from the Washington State Department of Commerce! Sign upnow: www.sanjuansedc.org/workshops.

EDC presents a FREE Regenerative Business Design Course!

Entrepreneurs & community leaders! Join the EDC for a FREE intensive course in Regenerative Business Design. Learn how to build a sustainable business that reflects your core values for the environment, society and more.

For details, see: https://www.sanjuansedc.org/workshops .

The EDC thanks the Washington State Department of Commerce and San Juan County for their support of this program.

Email address for support: leighj@seattlechamber.com
Source: Washington Economic Development Association

Restaurant Grant Registration Open!

You can register here: restaurants.sba.gov. Or check your Square or Toast account for more information. It will stay open for applications until all funds are exhausted, but demand will be high so apply as soon as possible. More information, including a number of no-cost training sessions, can be found here:

www.sba.gov/restaurants or Spanish: www.sba.gov/restaurantes
www.wha.fyi/rrf — Washington Hospitality Association’s RRF Toolkit
https://wsbdc.ecenterdirect.com/events

Webinar Recording

If you were unable to attend one of the webinars held earlier this week which covered RRF program details and a demonstration of the application portal, you can watch the recording here.

Nonprofit Community Recovery Grants

Applications open May 10th. Deadline: May 24th.
Eligible non-profits include:

Organizations whose primary mission is to make improvements to a community’s social health, safety, well-being, and overall functioning within a well-defined geographic area.
Sports and Recreation Organizations
Veterans Organizations
Arts, culture, science, and heritage organizations

For more information click here.

Although this grant is administered by ArtsFund, you do not have to be an arts organization to be eligible. You do need to be a 501(c)(3) non-profit or have a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor, have had an operating budget in 2019 greater than $25,000, and be based in Washington State.

Shuttered Venue Operators Grant NOW OPEN

Grant for live venues, theaters, producers, performing arts, museums, movie theaters, talent agents. Click here to apply: Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (sba.gov).

Licensed Child Care Providers: Funding Available Now!

More information: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WADEL/bulletins/2cbe769. Programs from the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) include:Spring 2021 Child Care COVID-19 Grant, all licensed child care providers who are serving children are eligible to apply. School-Age Incentive for licensed school-age providers serving school-age children. Spring Family, Friends, and Neighbor (FFN) Incentive for FFN providers.More information on all of these supports will be available on DCYF’s website later this month. Check Early Learning and Child Care COVID-19 page for updates.

EIDL Update!

Applicants can send a request for reevaluation of a declined Targeted EIDL Advance application. To ask for a reevaluation, email: TargetedAdvanceReevaluation@sba.gov. For more information, click here: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USSBA/bulletins/2cd3091.

PPP Update!

If you have not applied yet for a second draw PPP loan, you still can. The current round of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is reaching smaller borrowers (small businesses), with 94% of all loans going to businesses with 20 or fewer employees – but only until May 31, 2021. **new and important info** most of the PPP funds for this round have unfortunately been depleted. There is still some capacity to accept PPP applications by the state’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), only some of which are accepting PPP applications. We are keeping an updated list of CDFIs accepting PPP applications on https://www.smallbizhelpwa.com.

Source: Washington Economic Development Association

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