5/15/20
City of Las Vegas to Allow Safe Sidewalk Dining and Shopping in Downtown Downtown Restaurants, Retail May Temporarily Extend Business To Sidewalk Effective immediately, the city of Las Vegas will allow downtown restaurants and retail establishments, which are operating under *Phases 1 and 2 of the governor’s orders, to provide outdoor dining and sidewalk sales on a temporary basis in Read More
5/12/20
NEVADA HEALTH RESPONSE RELEASES INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FOR PHASE ONE REOPENING Nevada Health Response Center, in coordination with the Local Empowerment Advisory Panel (LEAP), released industry-specific guidance for Phase 1 reopening, in alignment with the Nevada United: Roadmap to Recovery. The guidance covers a wide-range of industries and was developed by the Local Empowerment Advisory Panel (LEAP) in conjunction with the Read More
4/08/20
The Paycheck Protection Program is part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. This is a nearly $350-billion program intended to provide American small businesses with eight weeks of cash-flow assistance through 100 percent federally guaranteed loans. The Downtown Vegas Alliance is hosting a webinar featuring Joe Amato, District Director for the SBA’s Nevada District Office, to Read More
4/03/20
PROTECTING YOUR BUSINESS The Downtown Vegas Alliance recently hosted a webinar to share information about how to Protect Your Business during this period of temporary closure. The webinar featured security experts from Protective Force International, about ways to keep your building and assets safe, the city of Las Vegas Business Development team who shared details of their new Business Protection Read More
4/01/20
Las Vegas is facing an economic crisis as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and is arguably one of the hardest hit markets in the nation. We have seen unprecedented closures of casinos, salons and services, museums and entertainment venues as a result of the order to temporarily close non-essential businesses in our community. Protective Force International will share their Read More
3/30/20
The U.S. Small Business Administration outlines the process here. Read More
3/27/20
The city of Las Vegas has introduced a new program to help small businesses in the city’s Redevelopment Area. If you are a business owner who has had to secure and close your business we may be able to help with those costs. BUSINESS PROTECTION PROGRAM: Designed to help secure buildings during emergency shutdown Provides financial assistance for securing buildings Read More
3/23/20
Our community and leaders are continuing to adapt to how they are responding to the COVID-19 crisis and are adding more resources and support for business owners, employees and for the public. The Downtown Vegas Alliance would like to share these resources with you: OPEN BUSINESSES PROVIDING ESSENTIAL SERVICES CITY OF LAS VEGAS CALL CENTER Hours Extended For Call Center Read More
3/23/20
From Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck: In response to the coronavirus outbreak, federal and state governments have taken rapid, decisive actions to support the people, businesses and industries affected. This memo serves as a recap of responses policymakers in Congress and the administration have taken within the past week to combat the virus. We begin by providing a top-level outline of the latest Read More
3/21/20
SBA’s Disaster Assistance has been made available to Nevada Small Businesses Economically Impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19). To help businesses, the LVGEA is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, March 24th at 2:00 PM PST with Corey Williams, PIO with U.S. Small Business Administration. There will be a presentation and Q&A regarding SBA’s Disaster Assistance. This is the time to have Read More