New report from the CRS: Small Business Administration: A Primer on Programs and Funding (45 pp.)

From Politico: Forget Washington — corporate America is focused on governors right now.  An excerpt:

With the Trump administration taking a backseat to state leaders on coronavirus mitigation, companies and trade associations that traditionally rely on relationships with Washington power brokers are instead being forced to reckon with newly emboldened statehouse executives to deal with a fast-evolving commercial crisis.

New Report: Building Resilience for Coastal Small Busineses. This 60-page report was produced by the Lowlander Center in LA.

Thanks to Alessandra Jerolleman for the citation. As one of the authors, she noted that it was the culmination of a two-year long project focusing on the resilience of small businesses along the Louisiana coast.  The project was funded through a grant from Entergy​ to the Lowlander Center, with Water Works as as sub-consultant,​

From the Denver Post: Past disasters show a long recovery for small businesses

For many years the rule of thumb has been that about 30% of small businesses fail after a disaster, but this article says almost 40%. I still wonder where these numbers come from.

The Diva gets discouraged reading all of these article about what disaster preparedness measure are still not in place.

See this article from the Wash Post: Report: SBA still unprepared to handle natural disasters.  Apparently, the GAO issued a report of recent testimony, but I missed it.

Here is the direct link to the GAO Testimony: SBA: Additional Steps Needed to Help Ensure More Timely Disaster Assistance