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.■ : MVWASHINGTON COUNTY Community Development Agency 7645 Currell Boulevard, Woodbury, MN 55125 office:651-458-0936 fax:651-458-1696 Washington County Small Business COVID-19 Relief Fund Guidelines In response to Federal and State Governments pronouncing a State of Emergency due to the fast moving COVID-19 pandemic, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed Executive Order 20-04 to order temporary closure of Minnesota restaurants and bars to dine — in customers. Executive Order 20-08 further ordered the closing of other places of public accommodation. In addition, Executive Order 20-20 ordered all persons currently living within the State of Minnesota to Stay at Home. The goals and objectives of this program are: • To provide emergency financial assistance for businesses that are experiencing financial hardships due to the COVID-19 related restrictions. • Allocate Federal CARES Act resources to this program from the State of Minnesota and local governmental units that have received direct funding. • Ensure that this assistance will be beneficial to the business and in compliance with the Federal rules, regulations and appropriation. • Facilitate business survival, especially for small businesses during this pandemic. • Enhance, to the greatest extent possible the retention of jobs throughout the County. To provide emergency business assistance grants to small local businesses in Washington County adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Washington County Small Business Relief Fund will provide grants of up to $15,000 to small businesses most in need of support. Providing this support is intended to increase the capacity of small businesses with a physical location in Washington County to survive the current pandemic crisis and may help prevent business closures, job losses and potential future blight scenarios. We understand there is a cost to reopening your business safely. These grant funds can be used to ensure your business can afford to operate while maintaining the social distancing guidelines for the safety of your employees and customers. The Relief Fund will be administered by the Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers' (MCCD), Open to Business Program, which currently provides technical assistance and access to capital for businesses throughout Washington County.