Host and SBDC director, Kelly Bearden will begin the hourlong webinar with details on the new $150 million California Venues Grant Program to benefit eligible closed entertainment and cultural venues. Additional updates include recent sweeping changes to the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program [EIDL], supplemental and targeted EIDL, PPP loan forgiveness, California Relief Grant program, and more.  

Bearden will then be joined by Megan Hodapp, Small Business Finance Center Manager at the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (IBank). They will talk about how small businesses can access capital through California Small Business Loan Guarantee Programs including the Disaster Relief Loan, Farm Loan, and Jump Start Loan Guarantee Programs.   

Questions from attendees will be taken.  

This marks the 84th in the weekly “Webinar Wednesday” series that provides reopening and current pandemic relief updates on available federal, state, and local funding options, tax credit programs, employee programs, and other opportunities helpful to employers and business owners.  

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