SBDC director, Kelly Bearden will be joined by special guest, Keith Brice, president and CEO of Mid State Development Corporation to discuss borrower opportunities in Kern County, and the effects his company is seeing from multiple government business pandemic relief programs. Other topics will include recent updates on the Paycheck Protection Plan, details on the new one-page PPP forgiveness form for loans less than $150,000, the new EIDL grant, Employee Retention Tax Credit, and a recap of the California Relief Grant Program. Topics include:

✔Opportunities for businesses to borrow

✔New one-page PPP forgiveness form

✔Pandemic relief program effects being observed

✔Employee Retention Tax Credit

✔New EIDL Grant program

✔SBA Shuttered Venue Operator Grant program

✔California Relief Grant Program insights

✔COVID-19 vaccine locations

✔Plus, time to ask your questions!

This is the 51st in a weekly “Webinar Wednesday” series that provides pandemic relief updates on available federal, state, and local funding options, tax credit programs, employee programs, and other opportunities for employers and business owners. The SBDC is open for free one-on-one consulting to help small business owners. New and existing businesses can sign up for assistance by clicking here.