LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – On Monday, Jan. 4, Supervisors Bruno Sabatier and Eddie Crandell, representatives from the county of Lake, cities of Clearlake and Lakeport, and other business community stakeholders will convene the second meeting of the Lake County Small Business COVID-19 Recovery Team.

The meeting will take place beginning at 1 p.m. on Zoom; the Meeting ID is 910 3363 7729, passcodes is 069179; One tap mobile, +16699006833,,91033637729#,,,,*069179# US (San Jose).

Helping position Lake County businesses to take advantage of relief funding opportunities that emerge is a matter of priority.

On Wednesday the application period began for the California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program, a $500 million funding opportunity offering grants of up to $25,000 for eligible businesses with annual revenues of $2.5 million or less.

This is not a first-come, first-served funding opportunity, but the application period ends Jan. 8 at 11:59 p.m.

The Small Business Development Center is offering daily 11 a.m. informational webinars through Jan. 4. Click here for the Zoom link.

Monday’s Small Business COVID Recovery Meeting agenda will also include discussion of advocacy opportunities to ensure Lake County businesses get an appropriate share of available state and federal relief funding, and the federal stimulus package, including a second round of Federal Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP2, funding.

Additional resources for businesses are available at:

· https://careliefgrant.com/ ;
· Rural Relief Small Business Grants (application period now open, closes Jan. 5, 11:59 p.m.);
· https://business.ca.gov/coronavirus-2019/ ; and
· https://www.sba.gov/page/coronavirus-covid-19-small-business-guidance-loan-resources .