Agenda - Kalispell Chamber of Commerce

COVID-19 RETURN TO WORK SURVEY:

That is the question weighing heavily on the minds of government leaders and public health officials, employers and their employees, and U.S. and Montana families striving for the delicate balance of staying safe and making ends meet.

Our goal is to collect information from Flathead Valley-based businesses to help inform policymakers across Kalispell, in Helena, and in Washington, D.C. about the business environment that is unique to our area.

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1. What additional essential services do you see as necessary to support a phased reopening?
3. What additional guidance, including specific regulatory guidance, from the federal government would be beneficial for a phased reopening?
4. What additional legal liability issues are you concerned about during a phased reopening?
5. Do you anticipate your businesses needing additional financial support to bridge a phased reopening? If so, what form should that take?
6. How have you changed how you operate your business as a result of COVID-19 and what changes do you anticipate continuing after the pandemic?
7. Have you benefitted from any of the federal support, including the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program, implemented since the onset of the pandemic? If so, which support programs and do you have feedback on these programs and the federal response? Are there any changes you would recommend?
8. What new support do you envision needing going forward? For example, some types of standing support for business interruption in the case of a pandemic? How concerned are you about the potential costs of such support?
9. While restoring the economy will be a matter of private sector employers being able to resume activity, what other role should the private sector be playing, and what hindrances do you see in the way of any of these efforts?
10. What are the unique characteristics of the Flathead economy or your business that we should be making policymakers in Helena and Washington, DC aware of?
11. What did we forget to ask?

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