With President Biden signing the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act into law last week, new sources of business support are springing into life, paired with extensions and updates to many pre-existing programs. The act adds new funding to both the Paycheck Protection Plan (PPP) …
Island businesses are eligible to apply to receive between $5,000 and $10,000 in the COVID recovery business grants program created by the City of Bainbridge Island. The Kitsap Economic Development Alliance (KEDA) will be administering the COBI business grant applications. A total of $200,000 has …
Apply, Apply, Apply is Key Take-Away from The Kitsap Digital Hour This week’s presentation from Jaime Forsyth, Certified Business Advisor with the Kitsap Small Business Development Center, issued a heads up that applications for the special round of First Draw PPP loans for very small …
It’s official! The much-rumored, oft-mentioned COBI small business grants are now coming soon. Get ready – applications for business assistance grants will become available in association with KEDA (the Kitsap Economic Development Alliance) starting on Friday, March 12. Businesses may receive between $5,000 and $10,000 …
Kitsap Digital Hour: Dig Deeper into New Business Recovery Funding Are you managing to keep up with the new business grant opportunities, and stay on top of all the most recent changes to the existing programs? If you are not, or not sure, then the …
The Biden-Harris administration recently announced changes to the requirements for PPP loans to make them more available to more kinds of small businesses. Within the next week or so, the program will open to better serve businesses with few or no employees, such as sole …
All counties in Washington State have now been allowed to move into Phase 2 of the official Healthy Recovery plan as of this week. Now we have finally taken the next step back towards normality, the state-wide focus is on building on this latest progression, …
On Monday Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation providing tax relief for businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. SB 5061 will also increase minimum unemployment benefits for workers and provide significant tax relief for businesses over the next five years, to support recovery from the economic …
In keeping with the times, the Kitsap Economic Development Alliance’s long-running annual event goes virtual this year with a line-up of speakers all trying to provide a clear picture of the state of the economy, both local and national. As best as anyone without a …
The Bainbridge Island General Store, our new online marketplace for buying local, is looking for Valentine’s Day-themed merchandise. The shop-local-from-home campaign will be supported by social media posts and ads. New vendors are invited to sign up here. Current vendors can go to the Contact …