COVID-19 Response FAQ
Delaware County Economic Development
During this uncertain time of the COVID-19 pandemic, our economic development team continues to work diligently to serve businesses in any way we can. We have connected with resource providers at the local, state, and national levels to make sure we are in the know of resources available to help your business and employees. While we continue to learn more about resources available to an existing business, our department plans to continue pursuing opportunities and moving forward on current projects to the best of our ability.
Local Contacts
We are providing contact information for business professionals in your community that are here to serve you. Here is the contact information for County Economic Development professionals and the local chambers of commerce.
City of Delaware Economic Development:
Director Sean Hughes, shughes@delawareohio.net
City of Westerville Economic Development:
Rachel Ray, rachel.ray@westerville.org
Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce:
Janet Davis, jdavis@westervillechamber.com
Delaware Area Chamber of Commerce:
Holly Quaine, hquaine@delawareareachamber.org
Sunbury/Big Walnut Area Chamber of Commerce:
John Fox, info@sunburybigwalnutchamber.com
Greater Powell Chamber of Commerce:
Pamela Miller, info@powellchamber.com
Shawnee Hills Chamber of Commerce:
Carol Kender, shawneehillschamber@gmail.com
Genoa Business Association:
Gail Jamison, info@genoatba.com
Destination Delaware:
Tim Wilson, twilson@visitdelohio.com
We advise you to keep up with your resource providers and their social media pages for local updates of COVID-19. Here are a few we recommend:
- The Delaware County Health District
- Delaware County
- Jobs & Family Services: County and State level
- United Way of Delaware County
- Small Business Administration
- Ohio Statewide Development Corporation
From The State of Ohio
The Office of Small Business Relief
Created to assist those small businesses in need of support.
April 20, 2020 Ohio Development Update
Small Business Administration Loan Information
Please visit the SBA’s website: https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/disaster-assistance for help with loan information related to COVID-19.
A powerpoint outlining the current EIDL is now available EIDL-Overview
The CCDC is also available to talk through your options. They’ve provided some emails here:
Laura Frum | 614-645-3937
laura.frum@ccdcorp.org
Clayton Stephens | 614-645-8590
clayton.stephens@ccdcorp.org
Julie Verne Orr | 614-645-3799
julie.orr@ccdcorp.org
Julie Carr | 614-645-6172
julie.carr@ccdcorp.org
March 19 20-297 OH 16355 SBA Working Capital Loans Available Due to Coronavirus March 19
20-298 SP Ohio 16355 SBA Working Capital Loans Available Due to Coronavirus
Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) – SBA disaster loan
- Will be a direct loan from the Treasury, not through banks
- Banks with existing loans have been authorized to defer payments for up to 6 months
- EIDL will be administered by ODA
- If a business utilizes the loan, it will not prohibit them from receiving other Fed assistance
- SBA is not planning a loan forgiveness structure at this point
SBA Loan structure is as follows:
- 3.7% up to 30 years
- Up to $25K unsecured, can be more with addition underwriting/approval
- Requires a 2 year lookback with eligibility of less than $5M in annual net profits and less than $15M in Net Worth
- Turnaround from application is expected to be 30 days
Unemployment Help
ODJFS’ unemployment website: https://unemployment.ohio.gov/
Please see JFS’s announcement regarding unemployment here
Please see this for information related to SharedOhio program here
Employers, please distribute this form to employees laid off because of the COVID-19 pandemic to expedite their claim process: http://www.odjfs.state.oh.us/forms/num/JFS00671/pdf/
JFS-08068 How to apply for UI benefits rack card
Partners' Information
March 19th Audio for the Business Community Update:
Please see Taft Law’s Toolkit for COVID-19 information in the legal world here
Ohio Economic Development Association had a good talk with the Ohio Manufacturer’s Association. Check it out here
Interational Economic Development Council posted a great summary of the proposed stimulus package here
Please see what our regional partners are saying here
Please see COTA’s announcement about focused service here
COTA is now providing free rides on their buses: here
Google has provided some information about how to handle COVID-19 info from a business to it’s consumers here
The FDIC has a page dedicated to information related to Business Loans and other informtion here
Law Firm Bricker and Eckler has a great resource list for various legal items here
Columbia Gas has assured people it will not shut off your gas because of non-payment, you can read here
United Way Worldwide has launched their Community Response and Recovery fund, read here
Listen here for the conversation between Delaware General Health District, Delaware County EMA, Delaware County United Way, and HelpLine here
Delaware County Transit has updated it’s Routes here
Hicks Partner LLC has created this awesome guide that you can find Business Resources from Hicks Partner