Baker Extends Order Closing Non-Essential Businesses
Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday extended the order requiring non-essential businesses to close their physical locations to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
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Paycheck Protection Program Details (Bulleted)
Like everyone else, we’ve been scrambling to get a better understanding from SBA Preferred Lenders regarding the Paycheck Protection Program of the CARES ACT. This is the best summary we have got to date, which comes by way of a banker at People’s United Bank.
read moreCould This Be the Bill That Saves Massachusetts Restaurants?
State Senator Jamie Eldridge has filed an action to make insurance companies pay for coronavirus closures. It could be a “game changer.”
read moreATTN: Restaurant Owners (Signatures Needed)
We need the Governor and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to fully grasp the magnitude of the crisis restaurants are facing now, and will have to face when this madness subsides.
read moreBaker-Polito Administration Announces $10 Million Small Business Recovery Loan Fund
Small businesses impacted by COVID-19 will have access to capital assistance.
read moreGov. Baker shuts down all bars and restaurants except for take-out starting Tuesday, bans all gatherings over 25 people
Governor Charlie Baker announced Sunday that all bars and restaurants in Massachusetts would be shut down to on-premise consumption starting Tuesday through April 17, and banned gatherings larger than 25 people, in an effort to stem the coronavirus outbreak in the state.
read moreSeveral South Boston bars and restaurants are closed Sunday after a voluntary agreement
Over a dozen bars and restaurants in South Boston were closed Sunday under a voluntary agreement with local officials as the city works to limit the spread of COVID-19.
read moreSome Boston-Area Restaurants Are Temporarily Closing or Making Changes Amid Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
Tracking closures, service changes, and other alterations in the wake of COVID-19.
read moreBoston Establishes Artist Relief Fund in Response to Coronavirus
The city’s arts and cultural communities will also be hard hit – lost revenue from cancelled gallery shows or performances; a drop in discretionary art buying; art-making contracts and collaborations postponed.
read moreClient Updates
Here is a collection of client updates from Graffito’s Jesse Baerkahn.
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