Originally published March 2020 at https://myemail.constantcontact.com.
Dear Economic Development E-newsletter Subscribers:
The City of Escondido is committed to providing our business community with the most accurate, up to date information during this time. The City website has current COVID-19 response information specific to Escondido, which we encourage you to follow. A team of representatives from various City departments is working together, along with our partners from the county, other cities, education, healthcare, businesses and other agencies, to make sure we’re ready to respond to keep our communities safe and healthy.
Additionally, the regional Innovate78 collaborative (a partnership between Escondido and the other five Highway 78 north county cities to foster economic development in the region) is posting real-time updated resources for affected businesses on its website , including assistance for small businesses and tech support for businesses to implement solutions to enable remote work.
Given that we have closed City Hall and other city facilities to the public until further notice and are open by appointment only, we would strongly encourage you to do business with the City online (Pay your Utility Bill; Apply for and Renew Permits, Business Licenses, Recreation Registration and more) via this website .
Below is a list of business and workforce resource links:
Innovate78 — wealth of real-time business resources
GO-Biz website with information regarding State resources for employers & employees
CA Employment Development Department website with resources for workers & employers
The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced a multi-billion-dollar program to help small businesses deal with the crisis. You can find out general SBA information at this link and about the disaster relief program here. The SBA disaster assistance customer service center can be reached at 1–800–659–2955 or e-mailed disastercustomerservice@sba.gov. Locally, the SBA’s office in San Diego can be reached at 619- 557–7250 and their website found here.
If you have any questions regarding this information, please do not hesitate to contact me.