President’s Message for July 2020
Happy Fourth of July week to all!!! I will spend this holiday weekend as I have many previous years…playing on a ballfield. Here’s a piece of July 4-connected Elmhurst trivia for you: The last city-sponsored fireworks show took place in 1986 as part of Elmhurst’s Sesquicentennial Celebration (150 years), but that was not our community’s fireworks finale. Watch Elmhurst TV’s 2017 retrospective, “Elmfest Gone, But Not Forgotten,” if you don’t already know.
Small Business PPP Loan Application Deadline Today
Today is the last day that the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) is accepting loan applications of up to $2 million for the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which has more than $100 billion in Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic relief funding still available.
Illinois Eligible for SBA Civic Unrest Disaster Loans
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker today (June 25) announced that the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) has approved our state’s request for federal assistance to help businesses in the northern Illinois counties of Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will impacting by looting and other damages that took place in connection to civil unrest occurring May 26 through June 8, 2020.
U.S. Chamber Opposes New Restrictions on Immigration
The Governmental Affairs Committee of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry is forwarding United States Chamber of Commerce CEO Thomas J. Donohue response in opposition to President Donald J. Trump’s June 22 immigration proclamation suspending entry of aliens “who present a risk to the U.S. labor market” following the Coronavirus outbreak.
SBA Simplifies PPP Loan Application and Forgiveness Forms
More than $100 billion in federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan funding through the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) remains available to eligible small businesses on applications submitted by the June 30 deadline.
IDCEO Sets Restore Illinois Phase 4 Guidelines
The Governmental Affairs Committee of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry is forwarding information from the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (IDCEO) on Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic-related Restore Illinois Phase 4 guidlines expected to take effect on June 26, as follows:
County Reopens Reinvest DuPage Grants for Small Businesses
DuPage County announced on June 18 the re-launching of its online portal for Reinvest DuPage, a grant relief program developed in partnership with Choose DuPage for small businesses and independent contractors. The program provide grants of up to $15,000 to sustain eligible businesses impacted by COVID-19.
Governor Announces $900M More in COVID-19 Grant Relief
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker on June 17 joined members of the Black, Latino and Asian Caucuses of the state legislature and small business owners to announce a package of more than $900 million in state grant programs to support communities and businesses impacted by the pandemic and recent civil unrest.
U.S. Chamber Updates PPP Loan Forgiveness Guide
The Governmental Affaisr Committee of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry is forwarding information from the United States Chamber of Commerce on updated guidelines for federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan forgiveness, as follows: