​2020 and 2021 have raised many challenges for our local business community. We are providing information here that speaks to critical issues as Chautauqua County continues to recover in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

​The Chamber of Commerce strongly encourages all local residents to get vaccinated, continue hand-washing, and adhere to mask restrictions wherever they are posted.

Click the menu links to find resources by section:
Our Reopened Economy
Business Resiliency Resources 
Marketing Resources
​​Employee Leave Management
​Health Department and Additional Resources

 

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​Business Resiliency Resources

Federal Relief Programs 
Your best local source for information and assistance with any federal programs available through the Small Business Administration is:
     Small Business Development Center at JCC
     338-1024
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Programs currently open include: Paycheck Protection Program, Economic Injury Disaster Loan, Restaurant Revitalization Program, Shuttered Venue Program.

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NY Forward Loan Fund
The New York Forward Loan Fund (NYFLF) is a new economic recovery loan program aimed at supporting New York State small businesses, nonprofits and small landlords as they reopen after the COVID-19 outbreak and NYS on PAUSE.  The NYFLF targets the state’s small businesses with 20 or fewer full-time equivalent (FTE) employees (90% of all businesses), nonprofits and small landlords that have seen a loss of rental income.  The NYFLF is specifically timed to support businesses and organizations as they proceed to reopen and have upfront expenses to comply with guidelines (e.g., inventory, marketing, refitting for new social distancing guidelines) under the New York Forward Plan. Learn more here. 

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CCIDA Working Capital Loan Program
County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency has established a Working Capital Loan Program.