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Business District Webinar – Connecting Businesses to Resources

On Tuesday, April 7, the Only in Seattle (OIS) team hosted a webinar with neighborhood business districts and partners to provide relevant and timely information for small businesses. The OIS team coordinates with Seattle’s neighborhood business districts to provide resources for community stakeholders, business and property owners, and local organizations… [ Keep reading ]

#SupportSeattleSmallBiz Spotlight: Chef Tarik’s Transformative Community Work

Meet Feed the People owner and founder Chef Tarik Abdullah (aka Cooka T), who has a boundless passion for food and for supporting his community. The lifelong cook is also a youth mentor and culinary educator, well-known pop-up event creator, and community visionary. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he’s teamed up… [ Keep reading ]

Mayor Jenny Durkan Announces Initial 250 Grantees of the Small Business Stabilization Fund

“At the City, we’re doing everything we can locally to support our small businesses and workers during this unprecedented moment in history. Working together in the early days of this crisis, we quickly created this $2.5 million Small Business Stabilization Fund, which has become a model for cities across our… [ Keep reading ]

Small Business COVID-19 Weekly Webinar: April 8

OED is committed to supporting our small businesses as we work together to mitigate the economic impacts of COVID-19. We are holding weekly webinars to share new developments, hear about the impacts you are experiencing, and answer your questions. Please join us every Wednesday from 11:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. Register for… [ Keep reading ]

Resources Roundup: 4/6/2020

The City of Seattle is committed to keeping you updated through these challenging and unprecedented times. In this weekly blog, we’ll provide you with news and information about resources available and policies from the City of Seattle, the State of Washington, the federal government, and our philanthropic partners. The City… [ Keep reading ]

Small Business COVID-19 Weekly Webinars: March 25 and April 1

The City of Seattle’s Office of Economic Development is committed to responding to and supporting our small businesses to mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19. As this is a rapidly developing issue, we are holding weekly calls to share new developments, hear about the impacts you are experiencing, and answer your questions…. [ Keep reading ]

Resources Roundup: 4/2/2020

Following is information highlighting new and current resources available from the City of Seattle, the State of Washington, and the Federal government. There’s lots of new information coming out for small business owners and workers, and we’ll try to keep you updated each week about what’s going on and the… [ Keep reading ]

Neighborhood business districts webinar March 26, 2020

Thank you to those that were able to join us last week for the webinar. The presentations and recording are available on here on our blog. I know you all are working incredibly hard to support your businesses through this crisis. We are here to support in any way we can,… [ Keep reading ]

Small Business COVID-19 Weekly Webinar: March 18

The City of Seattle’s Office of Economic Development is committed to responding to and supporting our small businesses to mitigate the economic impact of COVID-19. As this is a rapidly developing issue, we will be holding weekly calls to share new developments, hear about the impacts you are experiencing, and answer your… [ Keep reading ]

Now more than ever, we need your help to #SupportSeattleSmallBiz and workers

More than ever, now’s the time to #SupportSeattleSmallBiz and workers. We are facing what Mayor Jenny Durkan has called the “challenge of our time”: The novel coronavirus pandemic, or COVID-19. Here in the City of Seattle, we’re doing everything we can to support our small businesses and workers. We’re keeping… [ Keep reading ]