The Department of Economic Development team continues to monitor the outbreak’s impact on our small business community and are coordinating a variety of actions that will help assist in mitigating hardship. We are in close contact with federal and state agencies and other partners to understand what resources are available and how quickly they can be deployed to assist our local businesses. Today we will be establishing a local business response team which includes the Chamber, SBDC, Southern MD Workforce Services and our local MD Department of Commerce Representative. This team will be actively working on coordination to assess and deploy appropriate resources to the local business community. 

In the meantime, please help us encourage local businesses to keep documentation about how their business is being impacted by the virus. The U.S. Small Business Administration will be working with state Governors to provide targeted, low interest disaster recovery loans to small businesses that have been severely impacted by this situation. We anticipate receiving information specifically for Maryland in the coming days.

The Maryland Department of Commerce has also compiled a list of business resources in response to COVID-19 that is being updated daily (please share with your business networks): 

https://businessexpress.maryland.gov/coronavirus. 

We encourage all businesses to visit the County’s virtual resource center, www.CalvertCountyMd.gov/Coronavirus to get the latest updates surrounding Calvert County’s response to COVID-19, including any precautionary measures, guidance and closures. 

During these concerning times, the Department of Economic Development team is here to support our local businesses in any way that we can. Please encourage businesses to reach out if they need assistance. The best way to reach us is at info@ecalvert.com. 

Thank you and stay safe,

Kelly Robertson-Slagle / Director of Economic Development Calvert County Government | Office: 410-535-4583 Fax: 410-535-4585

175 Main Street, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 | Kelly.slagle@calvertcountymd.gov