Town Center Associates’ staff is here to help with issues related to your downtown properties during these ever-changing and challenging times for downtown business districts. Please don’t hesitate to let us know if we can be of assistance: tca@towncenter.info or 724-728-0500.

We know small businesses have been inundated with often confusing information, so we are curating the resources listed below to keep them from being overwhelming. The following resources may be helpful for your downtown business and building owners, as well overall in supporting the recovery of your downtown. 
 

Resource Centers:

• The HartBeat of Main Street Grant Program

  https://www.mainstreet.org/howwecanhelp/hartbeat

• National Main Street Center
  COVID-19 Main Street Resources

   Survey & Report: The Impact of Covid-19 on Small Businesses

• US Small Business Administration
  Small Business Guidance & Loan Resources
  
  
• University of Pittsburgh
  Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence
  Covid-19 Resources for Impacted Businesses
  
  
• Ohio Chamber of Commerce
  Covid-19 Business Resources
  
  
• Heritage Ohio
  Covid-19 Resources
  
  
• North Carolina Covid Resources
  Covid-19 Resources

 

Specific Small Business Financing Opportunities:

• Bridgeway Capital
  Provides a List of PA and National Small Business Financing Opportunities (including those listed below)
  COVID-19 Community Resources
   
• Honeycomb Credit
  Loyalty Bonds: Helping Business "Raise Debt-Free Capital"
  
  
• Hello Alice Business for All
  Emergency Covid-19 $10,000 Grants
  
  
• Pennsylvania Statewide Small Business Assistance
  COVID-19 Relief Program              

 

Free Resources for Your Small Business

• Coronavirus Comeback Kit
  Link to Comeback Kit
  Includes Free Printable Business Signage Templates
  

• US Chamber of Commerce
  Free, Customizable & Printable Checklist Regarding CDC Regulation Guidance
  
  “Ready to Reopen: A Playbook for Your Small Business”
  
  
• Center for Disease Control
  Prepare Your Small Business & Employees for the Impact of COVID-19
  
  
• Appalachian Growth Capital Loan Program
  Covid-19 Lending Application
  
  
•  Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
  SharedWork Ohio Voluntary Layoff Aversion Program
  
  
• Ohio Development Services Agency
  Ohio Minority Micro-Enterprise Grant Program