Coronavirus Resource Links
Tools for Small Businesses as you respond to the Coronavirus pandemic impact on your business:
FUNDING:
*NEW* Live Entertainment Grant Program, Governor’s Office of Economic Development
Montana Business Stabilization Grant
*UPDATED* Montana Department of Commerce, Montana Business Stabilization Program
*NEW* Montana Loan Deferment Program, Montana Board of Investments and Department of Revenue
*NEW* Montana Department of Commerce, Emergency Housing Assistance Program
*NEW* Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Safeguard Access to Health Care
*NEW* Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Stay Connected Grants
*NEW* Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Telework Assistance Grants
Montana Business Adaptability Grant (the 50 employee cap has been removed)
Park Local Corporation Emergency and Disaster Microloans
Small Business Relief Grants (round 5 opens August 31)
Small Business Administration Relief Options
GUIDELINES & PRINTABLE SIGNAGE:
Projected statistics of COVID-19 spread in Montana
Reopening Montana phased approach and guidelines
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Guidance on Workplace Prep
Printable mask posters from Hopa Mountain, Clarie Sands Baker, and Katy Helgeson
Printable "Open and Safe" LBID sign
LBID Love Livingston Responsibly Campaign Banners (coming soon as posters for your business)
Montana Aware statewide campaign toolkit
Phased Reopening of Downtown Livingston Businesses
We made you a printable flyer if you are following the Montana Phased Reopening guidelines to display letting customers know you are taking steps to protect their - and your employees' - health.
Transactional Business Safety Recommendations:
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Enforce 6 feet physical distancing and limit the number of customers in your business based on your size and space and encourage people not to touch things they aren't buying.
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Continue to offer online, over-the-phone, and appointment shopping and ordering with curbside service as preferable options to in-store interactions.
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Staff should wear masks to keep themselves and customers safe and set a good example.
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Provide hand sanitizer stations and encourage customers to use them before & after transactions.
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Reconfigure credit card process to eliminate the need for staff to handle cards or touch machines.
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If possible, eliminate the requirement for customer signature on-screen or printed receipt.
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Wipe down credit card machine or touchpad screen after every customer transaction.
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Require customers to bag their own purchases.
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Sanitize surfaces between transactions as much as possible.
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Staff who have symptoms or immunocompromised household members should stay home.