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From YouTube: Rapid Response Fund Q&A
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A
See
waiting
room,
okay,
we
have
19
participants
all
right.
Welcome
everyone
thanks
for
joining
us
today,
we
have
today
with
us
the
mayor
of
Bloomington
Mayor,
John
Hamilton
and
Alex
Crowley,
the
director
of
the
department
of
economic
and
sustainable
development
here
today,
together
with
their
partners
in
the
economic
stabilization
and
recovery
working
group
that
was
convened
in
the
last
week
of
March
in
response
to
the
mayor's
I'm.
Sorry
in
response
to
the
Cova
19
pandemic,
to
cope
with
the
financial
impacts
locally
of
the
pandemic.
A
Today,
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
funding
and
other
resources
that
have
been
made
available
during
by
this
working
group
and
are
being
opened
to
applicants
today
to
begin
our
discussion
today.
We're
going
to
have
some
remarks
from
the
mayor.
After
that,
we
will
have
explanation
of
some
of
the
how-to
from
Alex
and
we
invite
you
to
pose
your
questions
after
the
presentation
members
of
the
media.
A
B
Very
much
I'll
be
brief.
I
just
want
to
make
a
couple
points,
and
and
before
I
do
that
I
do
want
to
again
thank
our
healthcare
system,
all
the
people
who
are
working
so
hard
in
the
health
arena
to
deal
with
this
health
pandemic.
Wonderful
heroes
locally,
most
of
them
unsung
but
I,
do
want
to
thank
all
the
folks
who
are
working
so
hard
on
responding
to
this
health
crisis.
A
couple
points
I
just
want
to
make
is:
first.
In
the
midst
of
this
health
crisis,
I
I
felt
now.
B
B
The
second
point
I'll
make
is
that
group
I
just
want
to
thank
this
amazing
group
of
people
who
18
these
days
ago,
didn't
know
each
other.
No,
they
knew
each
other.
Most
of
them
knew
each
other,
but
18
days
ago
came
together
and
in
an
extraordinary
commitment
of
time
and
energy
and
creativity
and
dedication,
they
can
they've
produced
what
you're
gonna
hear
about
today,
but
also
they're
gonna
they're,
going
to
continue
to
work
to
help
think
about
how,
on
that
economic
Lane.
B
How
do
we
do
the
best
we
can
for
our
community
they've
worked
very
hard
and
I
know
they'll
be
introduced.
I
won't
name
each
of
them
yet,
but
each
of
you
how
much
I
appreciate
what
you've
done.
They've
also
engaged
the
community
in
much
wider
ways,
with
dozens
scores,
hundreds
of
reach
out
to
get
the
the
support
and
ideas
that
we
need.
Thank
the
City
Council
thank
to
Bloomington
urban
Enterprise
Association.
You've
helped
bring
forth
some
funding,
and
this
is
the
start,
as
I've
said
we're
in
a
marathon
that
starts
with
a
sprint.
B
C
A
C
C
Jennifer
pearl
is
a
precedent
of
the
Bloomington
Economic
Development
Corporation
Erin
pred
Moore
is
the
president
CEO
of
the
Greater
Bloomington
Chamber
of
Commerce
Shaun
storage.
Star
Wars
is
a
city
of
Bloomington's
assistant
director
for
the
arts
and
we
have
two
other
members
that
have
been
very
involved.
That
I
wanted
to
mention.
Jeff
McKim
from
the
county.
E
C
So
that
is
the
core
of
the
group,
but
there
are
a
ton
of
people.
Who've
been
involved.
I
helped
put
the
work
together
throughout
the
community
too
many
to
name,
but
I
can
tell
you.
This
has
been
a
pretty
strong,
robust,
a
coordinated
effort.
That's
involved
a
lot
of
people
and
I
wanted
to
echo
the
mayor's
appreciation
to
everybody
for
all
the
hard
work
that's
gone
into
this,
so
what
we
have
been
working
on
and
we
published
to
the
public
several
drafts
of
economic
stabilization
recovery
document.
C
So
we
you
can
expect
additional
versions
of
it
in
the
future
and
it,
as
the
mayor
mentioned,
it
talks
about
not
only
in
version
3,
not
only
the
rapid
response
that
we
are
talking
about
today,
we'll
focus
on
today,
but
also
lays
out
some
plans
for
mid-range
recovery
and
long-range
revitalization
of
the
economy
and
and
then
starts
to
think
about
how
those
efforts
can
take
form
and
and
stand
Bloomington
up
and
really
the
the
region.
For
that
matter,
much
stronger
than
we
were
even
going
in.
C
So
there
are
some
future
planning
efforts
that
will
be
required
to
do
that.
But
we'll
focus
on
today
really
is
the
Rapid
Response
Fund,
which
is
a
fund
that
combines
two
different
sources.
One
is
the
food
and
beverage
tax
to
million
dollars
for
approved
from
that
by
the
City
Council
and
an
ordinance
on
Tuesday
night
and
then
another
half
a
million
dollars,
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
support
from
the
Bloomington
Urban
Enterprise
Association.
C
So
that's
2.5
million
dollars
that
we
can
put
to
work
in
a
variety
of
different
ways,
primarily
through
the
Rapid
Response
Fund
loan
process,
and
that
has
just
opened.
As
of
two
o'clock
today,
and
perhaps
the
best
way
to
address
that
is
to
anticipate
a
couple,
questions
that
the
public
and
to
answer
them.
But
then
we
can
delve
into
you
know
a.
A
C
If
the
you
know,
one
one
obvious
question
is
what
kinds
of
businesses
are
eligible
for
that
and
it's
a
little
complicated,
but
basically
what
we're
trying
to
focus
on
is
to
provide
bridge
funding
to
as
many
possible
businesses
as
we
can
in
Bloomington,
all
the
while
encouraging
them
to
be
pursuing
significant
funding,
that's
becoming
available
from
the
federal
government
and
the
state
government.
So
we
are.
We
are
attempting
to
create
a
bridge
to
that
funding
to
the
extent
that
they
can
get
that,
but
we
also
recognize
that
not
everybody
will
so
we
are.
C
C
There
are
going
to
be
some
limitations
naturally,
but
I
would,
in
the
absence
of
knowing
specifically
on
a
business
by
business
basis.
Who's
in
and
who's
out.
I
would
encourage
people
to
apply
err
on
the
side
of
applying.
If
you
think
that
you
need
the
help,
and
also
if
you,
if
you
believe
that
that
this
can
be
useful
to
you
and
we
will
in
the
in
so
the
in
order
to
be
eligible
for
the
loans
business
needs,
have
physical
address
in
the
city
limits
or
be
a
nonprofit
that
resides
in
or
serves
Bloomington.
C
The
potential
borrower
must
demonstrate
materially
negative
impact
as
a
result
of
kovat
19
in
revenue
or
the
ability
to
maintain
employees
and
payroll
because
of
code
19.
So
we're
looking
very
closely
only
to
help
those
businesses
that
need
the
help
and
that
process
will
will
target
those.
A
business
had
to
have
been
open
before
February
29th
this
year
and
and
then
as
I've
and
applicants
need
to
be
making
very
strong
and
good-faith
attempts
to
go
and
to
other
funding
sources.
Because
we
do
not
have
resources
to.
C
As
many
people
as
possible,
we
have
functions
that
exist
to
help.
There
are
non
funding
elements
that
are
in
play
as
well.
Thanks
to
the
folks
at
the
mill
there's
a
navigator
function,
which
essentially
is
meant
to
help
people
connect
with
resources
and
I,
see
Pat
east.
Here
he
was
instrumental
and
standing
that
up
it's
at
you
can
find
it
at
ask
the
mill
org
and
your
questions
can
be
routed
to
people
who
can
help
you
with
that.
C
C
C
The
reason
we're
doing
that
is
because
we
are
hoping
to
bring
monies
back
in
again
and
we
are
trying
to
maximize
the
period
of
repayment
to
the
12-month
period
in
the
hopes
that
we
did
in
that
period,
someone
was
able
to
secure
other
funding
that
can
help
to
repay
the
loan
and
and
stabilize
the
business.
Obviously,
there's
a
lot
uncertainty
about.
How
long
will
this
last
and
you
know
we're
trying
to
balance
out
some
of
the
that
uncertainty
with
some
structure
to
help
people?
Potentially,
you
know
restabilized.
C
C
D
C
C
The
city
of
Bloomington
website,
Bloomington,
I,
n
gov
forward
slash
business,
and
then
you
can
click
there
and
you
will
be
brought
into
the
application
platform
that
that
will
then
start
the
process.
That
creates
the
evaluation.
A
couple
of
a
couple
of
points
about
the
application
process
in
wrapping
up
number.
C
So
it
could
add
to
the
pool.
That's
already
been
gathered
for
this
initial
activity,
so
I
wanted
to
particularly
recognize
that
activity
from
them,
but
also
just
reiterate,
as
I
did
earlier.
Just
how?
How
impressive
you
know.
The
group
and
the
individuals
in
the
working
group
have
been
just
making
all
of
this
happen.
So
I
think
I
will
pause
there
I'm
sure
I
forgotten
something,
but
I
really.
A
A
A
D
What
is
the
turnaround
time
for
businesses
who
are
applying
for
loans
when
they
send
in
an
application,
and
it
was
received?
How
long
will
they
have
to
wait
to
hear
back
if
they
have
been
approved
or
not?
It's.
C
C
So
you
know
first
of
all,
I
would
encourage
everybody
to
apply
as
soon
as
they
can
so
that
in
the
system,
some
of
that
speed
will
be
will
be
determined
determined
by
the
volume
of
applications
that
come
through.
My
sense
of
the
early
activity
is
that
someone
who's
applying
right
now
should
potentially
be
able
to
have
money
in
hand
by
you
know
towards
the
end
of
next
week
that
again
we're
trying
to
figure
out
the
exact
details
of
timing,
but
but
but
it's
gonna
be
as
quick
as
we
possibly
could
make
it.
Thank.
D
A
F
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes,
is
there
a
final
version
of
the
application
form
that's
available
somewhere
Alex
the
the
portal
basically
makes
you
register
and
create
an
account
and
then
start
filling
out
the
application,
and
you
don't
get
all
the
questions
all
in
one
go.
You
have
to
answer.
We
follow
qualification
questions
so,
if
I
want
to
just
see
what
does
the
application
look
like?
Is
it
the
same
application
that
was
in
version
3
of
the
draft
that
was
circulated
or
have
there
been
revisions
since
then,.
C
State
there
have
been
revisions,
and
it's
and-
and
the
short
answer
is
at
this
very
second-
there
is
not
a
extracted
copy
of
the
application
as
it
exists
on
the
platform,
but
we
can
do
that
after
this
call
and
yeah
l.
If,
if
that's
appropriate,
we
can
perhaps
post
it
in
in
the
same
location
as
the
application
link
would
be.
If
someone
would
want
to
download
and
review
the
application
document
and
in
PDF,
for
example,
before
getting
into
the
system.
Sure.
A
Okay,
I
would
like
to
four
members
of
the
press
to
ask
your
questions,
but
in
the
meantime
we
have
questions
from
members
of
the
public.
Someone
who
is
with
the
Trojan
horse.
Kristen
Kelly
asks
it's
just
we
create
a
six-month
revenue
projection.
When
we
do
not
know
number
went,
the
Dinan
ban
will
end
number
two.
What
the
customer
base
will
be
like
with
many
students,
not
returning
to
campus
for
three
generally
reduced
tourists
travel.
C
I
mean
I
totally
agree,
it's
very
hard
to
look
into
the
future
and
understand
exactly
what's
going
to
happen.
I
think
what
we
would
ask
is,
you
know,
do
your
best,
I
mean
I
know
that
you're
probably
right
now,
you
know
you've
seen
some
significant
revenue
drops,
and
you
know
it's
hard
to
answer
that
without
knowing
what
plans
you
may
or
may
not
have
relative
to
you
know
to
trying
to
expand
that
revenue
in
the
near
term.
C
What
I
would
ask
is,
if
you
know
if,
if
you
can
take
your
best
shot
at
that,
based
on
what
you
know
about
your
own
business
operations
in
the
next
six
months,
certainly
with
the
reduction
of
all
of
IU's
activities
in
the
summer,
there's
not
going
to
be
the
kind
of
summer.
You
know
crowds
that
that
there
would
be
in
a
typical
year,
and
so
just
I
guess
my
advice
is,
is
trying
to
do
the
best
you
can
we
recognize
that?
That's
a
challenge
and
and
we'll
you
know,
look
at
that.
Accordingly,
okay,.
A
E
Yeah
thanks
eio,
so
it's
a
part
of
part
of
the
the
problems.
A
lot
of
founders
and
business
owners
and
entrepreneurs
are
facing
right
now.
Is
that
there's
so
much
help
out
there?
It's
almost
too
much
help.
There's
you
know,
while
you're
trying
to
work
on
your
business
or
in
this
case
save
your
business,
there's
almost
not
enough
time
to
kind
of
filter
through
all
the
other
information.
E
Can
I
give
the
resources
to
the
business
owner
the
entrepreneur,
the
small
business
owner
on
a
silver
platter,
because
they're
dealing
with
so
much
stuff
right
now?
All
of
this
information
is
available,
but
it's
so
hard
to
find
sometimes
it's
so
harder
to
figure
out
really
what
applies
to
you.
E
So
the
idea
is
just
to
make
it
as
quick
and
easy
and
painless
for
these
folks
to
get
started
so
ask
the
mill,
dot
org,
you
can
call
in
you
can
email
in
or
you
can
chat
in
and
there's
ten
or
fifteen
different
volunteers
from
the
middle
entrepreneur-in-residence
BDC
the
chamber,
ie
ventures,
there's
lots
of
different
folks
on
there
that
have
business
experience
and
are
willing
to
help
out
and
and
direct
you
to
them.
The
right
resources
thanks.
A
G
So
it's
good
to
see
all
of
you
today
for
those
of
you
that
are
looking
for
additional
resources.
The
press
release
that
was
posted
on
the
city
of
Bloomington's
website
that
was
sent
out
for
today's
meeting
has
a
full
list
with
the
links
that
you
can
see.
Some
additional
resources
that
are
out
there
include
Monroe
County,
Koba,
19
org,
hosted
by
the
chamber
where
I
know,
Aaron
pen
one
could
speak
more
to
that.
The
Indiana
Small
Business
Development
Center
provides
coaching
and
they
are
a
statewide
network.
G
G
The
farmers
market
is
also
available
online.
Now,
there's
a
link
for
that,
as
well
as
the
open
for
business
function
that
was
set
up
by
the
mill
and
39°
bars
for
tracking,
which
restaurants
are
open
right
now
and
how
you
can
patronize
those
for
any
of
those
items
that
I
just
mentioned.
If
anyone
would
like
to
jump
in
with
further
details,
I
know
that's
available
as
well.
A
F
F
Are
you
making
any
specific
efforts
to
reach
out
specifically
and
only
to
target
marked
minority-owned
businesses
to
make
sure
that
they're
aware
of
these
resources,
or
essentially
are
they
being
lumped
in
with
everyone
else?
I
mean
my
concern
is
that
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we'll
look
at
the
kinds
of
businesses.
We've
helped
we'll
notice
that
no
minority-owned
businesses
were
helped
and
will
say
well
I
guess
they
just
didn't
apply.
F
H
So
that's
something
that
we
have
one
of
our
group
internal
to
the
chamber
and
I.
Imagine
that
the
the
rest
of
I
mean
that
promotion
and
things
like
that,
making
sure
that
those
individuals
need
to
know
I
know
that's
something
that
we've
done
I
just
did
it
just
a
little
bit
ago,
and
then
there
will
be
other
listings
as
well.
Through
I
mean
we
are
like
our
web
Awards
winners
and
things
like
that.
H
Like
other
women-owned
businesses
in
the
community
and
then
the
city
itself
has
women
and
minority-owned
business
enterprise
lists
that
could
easily
be
accessed
and
make
sure
that
they're
targeted
make
sure
they
have
the
information.
This
will
all
be
duplicative,
though,
because
Lyster
similar,
but
but
it's
a
good
way
to
make
sure
everybody
has
an
information.
Okay,.
C
Thanks
so
the
so
the
Department
of
Community
Family
Resources
has
a
lot
of
outreach
mechanisms,
and
so
we've
reached
out
to
them
we're
going
to
working
with
them
to
ensure
that
this
gets
out
to
the
widest
array
of
minority-owned
businesses.
Also.
In
addition,
the
application
itself
has
a
field
that
specifically
drawing
out
that
that
data
point
and
then
the
matrix,
which
is
the
scoring
matrix,
has
has
that
in
it
as
well
as
a
sort
of
weighting
factor.
So
so
the
to
your
point,
Dave
they're,
a
couple
of
things.
C
F
H
A
C
So
in
terms
of
industry
types
in
terms
of
size,
so
so
industry
types
again
I
was
saying
earlier
on-
is
it's
a
little
complicated,
but
we
are
trying
to
cast
that
net
as
wide
as
possible
and
and
and
there
so
we're
we're
the
food
and
beverage
death.
We
focus
primarily
on
businesses
that
are
broadly
defined
within
the
umbrella
of
tourism,
related,
that's
pretty
broad
and
can
and
can,
and
we're
trying
to
make
that
as
encompassing
as
possible
I'm.
You
know
think
of
that
as
really
any
business.
C
That
sort
of
generally
is
is
contributing
to
the
tourism
quality
of
life
attraction
hum
umbrella
that
Bloomington
benefits
from,
and
then
you
know
for
businesses
that
fall
outside
of
that.
There's
also
the
money
from
the
Bloomington
Urban
Enterprise
Association,
which
we
went
after
and
stood
up
and
and
got
their
approval
to
stand
up
as
part
of
this,
because
we
understood
that
there
would
be
businesses
that
would
fall
outside
of
that
first
grouping.
We
are
going
to
bias.
C
C
C
You
know
employee
businesses,
so
would
you
expect
that,
just
from
from
from
a
volume
perspective,
many
of
the
applications
would
be
much
smaller
businesses
than
that,
but
there
is
a
range
of
funding
up
to
$50,000
to
try
to
cover
needs
that
are
happening
at
the
larger
scale
of
necessary
and
I.
Think
that
that's
how
I
would
sort
of
qualify
that
guy
elephant
that
answers
your
question
in.
A
Terms
of
the
size
of
the
loan
Alex,
we
did
get
a
question
from
member
of
the
public
I,
don't
know
if
this
is
a
business
owner,
I
I
assume
it
is
who
asks
regarding
the
amount
of
money
that
we
applied
for.
Did
we
apply
for
an
amount?
We
feel
we
need,
or
did
you
tell
us
how
much
we're
allowed
to
borrow
after
our
application
is
submitted?
So.
C
The
application
asks
for
self
reporting
of
what
the
business
owner
feels
they
need
that
may
or
may
not
be
possible.
You
know
we
have
somewhat
limited
funding,
so
one
of
the
one
of
the
functions
of
the
of
the
review
process
will
be
to
try
to
figure
out.
You
know
what
is
possible
against
the
requested
need
and
to
try
to
balance
out
against
the
know,
somewhat
limited
funds
that
are
available
so
so
there's
no
guarantee
that
what
you
asked
for
is
what
you'll
get.
C
A
Hope
that
answers
that
question
again,
we
are
meeting
today
to
talk
about
the
Rapid
Response
funds
that
are
available
to
small
businesses
and
nonprofits
and
cultural
organizations
in
our
area
through
the
city's
economic,
stabilization
and
recovery
work
group.
What
a
mouthful
members
of
the
press
who
like
to
pose
questions,
we'd
love
to
hear
from
you,
we'll,
probably
wind
up
only
by
five
o'clock
I,
would
add
in
the
interim
that
maybe
a
little
clarification
would
help
with
regard
to
the
cultural
groups
that
we're
hoping
to
assist
that
nonprofit
cultural
groups.
Specifically.
C
So
we,
you
know
one
of
the
we
have
up.
We
have
a
parallel
working
group.
The
mayor
set
up,
which
is
focused
on
social
services.
A
lot
of
nonprofits
fall
under
that
will
be
funding,
requested
and
pursued
for
support
of
that
sector
of
on
profits.
What
we
recognized
was
that
there
was
a
risk
potentially
of
a
set
of
nonprofits
that
don't
fall
under
that,
but
of
it
are
also
not
for-profit
businesses.
C
Things
like
theater
companies
and
a
lot
of
the
cultural
organizations
exist
in
Bloomington
that
make
Bloomington
so
great
and
they
are
particularly
taking
it
on
the
chin,
and
you
know
they.
Theater
companies
have
gone
dark,
I
mean
there's,
you
know
it's
it's
great
I
mean
everybody
is
feeling
his
pain,
but
but
in
particular
that
groove
we
wanted
to
make
sure
they
were
not
left
out.
So
we
have
brought
them
under
this
umbrella.
So
it's
not
just
for-profit
businesses
and
includes
nonprofits
in
that
cultural
space
which
contribute
to
the
tourism
appeal
of
Bloomington
and
so
they're.
C
You
know
a
couple
of
considerations,
particularly
to
that
group
I
mentioned
earlier,
that
there's
a
possibility
of
some
loan
forgiveness
to
that
group.
Now
that
will
probably
be
the
exception,
not
the
rule,
but
you
know
that's
that's
a
little
different
than
what
would
be
available
for
for-profit
businesses
and
then
the
other
thing
you
know
relative
to
that
group
is
that
the
Bloomington
Urban
Enterprise
Association
funding
has
embedded
in
it
some
monies
for
for
operating
grants,
which
is
a
little
bit
different
than
the
loan
program
here.
C
So
you
know,
there's
going
to
be
a
some
amount
of
potential
funding
associated
with
that,
so
that
so
they
they
are
a
kind
of
unique
need.
They
have
unique
challenges,
they're
feeling
the
same.
You
know
financial
difficulties
that
everybody
is,
but
but
because
of
their
kind
of
unique
status
that
there's
there's
a
slight
slight
difference
on
how
what's
available
to
them
in
in
this.
In
this
Rapid
Response
overall
program.
A
All
right,
thank
you,
I'm,
going
to
pose
this
question
from
Tammy
Clark
before
I
get
back
to
Dave
Askins
from
the
be
square
beacon.
She
says,
she's
on
a
call
with
me
Cristobal
who
a
retro
viva
mas
and
a
few
other
restaurants.
She
says
his
accountant
shared
with
him
that
he
can
only
apply
for
one
of
the
programs
for
local
business
relief.
C
I
mean
I
think,
broadly
speaking,
this
is
not
meant
to
preempt
someone's
ability
to
go
and
obtain
federal
cares,
Act
dollars,
I
think
that's
sort
of
the
short
answer
so
by
applying
to
this
one
is
not
qualified
from
doing
that.
In
fact,
as
I
said
earlier,
we
are
strongly
encouraging
people
to
apply
for
that
as
part
of
their
process.
C
That
would
involve
applying
for
this,
so
not
sure
exactly
what
the
accountant
was
referring
to
in
that
case,
but
but
from
our
perspective
from
this
program's
perspective,
this
is
not
in
any
way
meant
to
supplant
or
to
divert
from
activities
that
they
would
pursue
for
care
dollars.
You
know
the
federal
carrots
Phase
three
monies,
which
include
a
number
of
different
programs.
A
And
then,
let's,
oh
okay,
so
there's
a
there's,
a
response
from
Steve
Bryant
who
says
that's
the
PPP
program
from
the
small
Dennis
Business
Administration
being
deployed
through
local
lenders.
It
is
okay
to
participate
in
both
programs.
It
shouldn't
affect
the
PPP
but
supplement,
and
that's
essentially
what
you
said:
it's
not
a
mutually
exclusive
kind
of
deal,
all
right
and
so
Dave.
You
want
to
pose
your
question
again.
A
F
Early
on,
apparently
there
was
some
substantial
discussion
on
the
group
about
the
possibility
of
helping
individuals
directly
employees
of
businesses
directly,
perhaps,
instead
of
or
in
addition
to
businesses
and
so-
and
it
sounds
like
fairly
early
on
a
decision
was
made
not
to
go
down
that
path.
It's
appointed
councilmember
Matt
Flaherty
has
raised
at
just
about
every
public
meeting
to
sort
of
champion
the
idea
that
that
is
a
community
sentiment.
F
But
at
this
point
obviously
that's
not
gonna
happen,
but
I
was
hoping
that
you
could
lay
out
in
maybe
greater
detail
what
the
argument
was
that
won
the
day.
So
what
we've
heard
is
that?
Well,
you
know
this
is
not
enough
money
to
carry
the
entire
economy.
We
would
burn
through
the
the
amount
that's
available
in
a
short
while
if
we
tried
to
cover
payroll,
but
if
you
did
the
math
the
last
three
weeks
there
have
been
about
4,000
new
unemployment
claims
filed
in
Monroe
County.
F
That
corresponds
roughly
to
the
number
of
food
service
workers
and
food
preparation
workers
that
the
frickin
is
Institute
analysis
provides
so
five
million
dollars.
If
we
went
for
the
entire
amount
of
food
and
beverage
funds
that
are
unexpended,
that's
available
to
the
city,
five,
five
million
divided
by
four
thousand,
that's
about
twelve
hundred
and
fifty
dollars.
F
In
addition
to
the
the
federal
aid
that
we
could
put
in
the
hands
of
four
thousand
employees,
which
I
think,
if
you
did
that,
you
could
clearly
make
the
argument.
We
helped
four
thousand
people
to
the
tune
of
over
a
thousand
dollars
a
piece.
So
why
not
do
that?
Instead
of
this
elaborate
loan
program.
C
B
C
A
bunch
of
people
and
so
taking
taking
the
the
loan
amounts
and
applying
them
to
the
extent
possible
to
maintain
payrolls
in
the
inner.
You
know
in
the
period
between
today
and
when
the
PPP
program
that
Steve
bride
had
answered
before
kicks
in
and
and
in
a
much
more
robust
way
is
able
to
to
protect
those
employees.
So
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
really
get
this
money
to.
C
You
know
to
people
to
keep
employees
on
as
much
as
they
can
cover
some
of
their
other
costs
in
the
short
term
and
then
also
to
save
the
businesses
so
that
in
the
mid-range
and
the
longer
term,
the
economy
can
reemployed
people
that
have
lost
their
jobs
and
we
can
get
back
to
where
we
were
before,
and
even
better
so
I
would
I
would
I
would
challenge
your
characterization
of
we
are
just
funneling.
Money
to
businesses
and
individuals
are
not
benefiting
from
this.
Individuals
are
the
point
of
this
and
they
are
very
much.
C
F
If
I
could
just
follow
up
I,
don't
think
that
that's
the
way
I
characterized
it
Alex,
but
maybe
I,
could
clarify
I'm
trying
to
get
at
the
distinction
between
direct
benefit
to
businesses
as
opposed
to
their
employees,
as
opposed
to
direct
benefit
to
employees,
which
would
have
an
indirect
benefit
to
businesses.
So
I
mean
I
well
understand
that
the
loan
program
is
meant
to
try
to
make
sure
that
businesses
are
focused
on
their
people,
but
that's
an
indirect
benefit
that
benefits
them,
because
the
business
survives.
F
So
you
could
take
a
different
approach,
which
is
to
say,
let's
worry
about
benefiting
employees
and
if
our
employee
base
is
whole,
if
they're
thriving
and
if
they've
survived
and
they've
stuck
around
here
locally,
then
the
businesses
will
will
benefit
from
that,
because
they'll
have
that
pool
to
tap
into
once
they
get
back
open.
So
it's
really
a
choice
between
who
do
you
benefit
directly
and
who
gets
the
indirect
benefit.
So
that's
what
I'm
trying
to
to
to
draw
out
what?
What
was
the
argument
for
this
approach,
as
opposed
to
saying?
C
C
What
we're
saying
to
the
businesses
tell
us
how
the
money
that
we
are
gonna
loan,
you
you,
how
you
are
going
to
apply
it
for
payroll
and
other
costs,
but
payroll
being
one
of
them,
and
there
are
very
specific
questions
in
the
application
having
to
do
with
employees.
So
it
is
where
I'm,
where
I'm
challenging
the
characterization,
simply
that
this
it's
not
an
either-or.
C
We
are
doing
what
we're
trying
to
do
by
funneling
monies
through
a
business
entity,
the
applicant
to
the
employee
base
of
that,
to
the
extent
that
we
can
do
that
and
biasing
for
that,
so
that,
in
fact
the
employee
is
getting
a
direct
benefit,
even
if
the
application
is
not
the
individual
applying
as
an
individual,
but
it
is
an
entity
applying
on
behalf
of
the
individuals
that
are
part
of
an
any,
and
so
that's
that's.
You
know.
C
I
mean
I
can
probably
go
back
and
forth
12
times,
but
but
I
would
I
would
basically
say
that
that
we
are
doing
what
we
can
recognizing
councils.
You
know
raising
this
issue.
We
were
aware
of
it
and
interested
in
it
from
the
beginning,
so
there
was
not
a
decision
not
to
benefit
individuals.
It
was
it's
just
a
it's
a
way
to
get
there
that
we
feel
is,
is
most
manageable
and
most
effective.
Given
some
of
the
limitations
of
what
we,
what
we
have
from
a
funding
and
programmatic
perspective.
A
Thank
Alex
thanks
Alex
and
thank
you
Dave
for
the
question,
except
for
everyone
who
has
attended
this
conference
and
that's
just
about
all
the
time
we
have
makes
do.
Go
to
Bloomington,
Dyan
gov,
slash
business,
to
see
that
application
and
the
additional
materials
that
we'll
post
there
and
to
reach
out
to
additional
questions.
We'll
be
posting
a
video
tutorial
for
users
to
prospective
applicants
from
sites
and
I.
Invite
you
to
check
that
out
too.
Thanks
all
and
from
this
Limington
good
evening.