INFORMATION FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
How can you help your local businesses?
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Follow Social distancing guidelines and stay home as much as possible.
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Buy Local. Find out if your favorite local store has an online shop or reach out to htem to find out how you can purchase now for pickup later.
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Buy Gift Cards to use later.
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Take online virtual classes from your favorite local businesses.
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Get takeout/delivery - Tip big!
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Consider buying lunch/dinner for the first responders, you will hlep your local restaurnats and the people who serve us all.
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Buy gift cards from local businesses for your favorite waiter/waitress/bartender/teacher/first responder.
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Like and share your favorite local businesses social media post.
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Once you've purchased a gift card or meal, take a picture of it, share it on your social media and hastag #makeitmonticello
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Maintain your memberships
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Check out the Chamber Director for a one-stop shop in shopping small!
INFORMATION FOR WORKERS, SOLE PROPRIETORS, 1099 EMPLOYEES
INFORMATION FOR BUSINESSES IN MONTICELLO
- DCEO and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) are establishing the Illinois Small Business Emergency Loan Fund to offer small businesses low interest loans of up to $50,000. To learn more and apply go here.
- To support businessing Downstate and rural countyies across IL, DCEO repurposed $20 million in CDBG funds to stand up the Downstate Small Business Stabilization Program. It will offer small businesses of up to 50 employees the oppurtunity to parther with the local government to obtain grants of up to $25,000 in working capital. The find out more information contact Callie McFarland at cjm@cityofmonticello.net
- Illinois Small Business COVID-19 Relief Program - is and impact investment loan program under which the State Treasurer has made up to $250 million in deposits available to financial institutions throughout the state, at near-zero rates, to assist Illinois small business and non-profits negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Arts for Illinois is a collaboration between the City of Chicago, the STate of Illinois, private philanthropy and YOU to support the arts community during the COVID-19 crisis.