{"id":217857,"date":"2021-01-27T15:25:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T21:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=217857"},"modified":"2021-01-27T15:26:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T21:26:07","slug":"nd-commerce-to-hold-business-briefing-jan-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=217857","title":{"rendered":"ND Commerce to hold Business Briefing Jan 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bismarck\u00a0 (VC Chamber)\u00a0 The ND Department of Commerce, in partnership with the Greater North Dakota Chamber, will be holding a Special Business Briefing on <strong>Thursday, January 28, at 12:00 pm (CST)<\/strong> to address questions, share how to prepare for completing the application and announce a timeline when Commerce will begin accepting applications for the second round of the Hospitality ERG (HERG).<\/p>\n<p>Due to the continuing need of assistance, the Hospitality ERG will focus on hospitality businesses including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Restaurants &#8211; to include food services and drinking establishment that derive a minimum of 51% of their sales from prepared food;<\/li>\n<li>A bar or lounge with a current on-sale liquor license issued by the appropriate legal entity;<\/li>\n<li>An entertainment venue to include indoor recreation entertainment (e.g., bowling alleys, indoor golf clubs, and indoor trampoline parks where admissions fees apply;\u00a0movie, drama or music theaters and facilities used to host community and private events); and<\/li>\n<li>A production company that provides technology and audio-visual services to meetings and events.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hospitality ERG (HERG) funds will be used to reimburse eligible entities for costs in operations, such as payroll, rent, utilities, technology and other expenses that comply with federal guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants who have not received previous funding from the HERG may receive up to $25,000 and eligible entities with multiple locations may receive up to $75,000. A max of $25,000 will be allowed per location.<\/p>\n<p>If applicants received funding in the first round, and it was under $25,000, they may apply for additional qualifying funds UP TO $25,000 MAXIMUM. Grant recipients are required to comply with ND Smart Restart protocols.\u00a0Funding will be approved if the application meets all criteria and funding is available.\u00a0Additional information\u00a0will be available\u00a0soon at <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001xJAh2cwbdJ5UXV6KMZunxP7w2K3y7vU5Gt6se20QkZRcjRzNKC5Y5AB7SFwi2wIv4NIENU6K7yWkfjb5D6oLBcUmL14d5z0uwjrRYzo-moknnC3TJyRW_MIRv7U3Mo0LPLBZ0h-IUC32p-SkewhxSqV7AJw-570KzF6PsOI1R0odIjGxv1tW2fVtd85SrEKHVhH9eHlmJ6n_Rl8gwhhvI7eFVgcqrx1NOQyiR2x-n2se8BmS9OJNxDij8blAzDE_tHGtxcfLxA-r-abhm9nyZAszHy4LGMA94S7lv09MNaeqwwXplAhdWkjKNwH_AXDLooxE3K2z2xKebvi7-jlDngRyT4NQxOoC-KfwmLkz4eizgcZ2LgSWmQ9Qq2fKLJWc9iZh90L5unqzkIpuqZhnd1uzfe_57gOS94Gv2CudtgfPgxhWuyGc0NpQCbGShc8_1gAGkUVmvB7sY8BBNQc9wywQ3xKybZH0QIN0FjXoMSQhFZEEz3Wp0LvfZkt5W0MrBFy6O4dc_Wy9XIrr0cC6xTFshUkatkvtxS3V9x3g88ApSm_W-UzaKCB5s4kFsgfiNvkQUf_l0bMWjb0Hq8_19AB95YQd_Hvd4CFB8EIMkRWuW-w9knCuEMKyS8romS1nVsrc5XBrfHzzsslA1dyQAj4eOZsNsXI3qiPDsN5551uSKxMaSrjd8vFJxxtzVNngvCQpwJ3Vu0moES5cho9EWbNUG19xDiIMe_3V2EK4Qvv3L59_jRIl_HXAZ90_v58z&amp;c=vsNTi-MWntp4i-GRmgMVTTdXTuJhEcWIuyrqETEVIhYMZGIPAbA7ZQ==&amp;ch=CVmNY4rbfFl1EVSVwpiPFzLuNopZ2wvZ3bc4_Gk3FM6GTl9Go7Wslw==\">https:\/\/ndresponse.gov\/covid-19-resources\/covid-19-business-and-employer-resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001xJAh2cwbdJ5UXV6KMZunxP7w2K3y7vU5Gt6se20QkZRcjRzNKC5Y5AB7SFwi2wIvaVh9tUEGxNwWcRKAus4K45toy0jh58Hlf4NCmpbi6vdMZBKaFe6pIQWuJQGEDyY-qPppvI_TxBoACnLmLMtQVRQCYoCc1B9OTkuLFTULJdLsig0Dy0sj9Lzk9j60KmRUFW8ro9oDM9hV8aFtu-OnvKXjVcFbo56R6JlWXmFvFolncXysES2RxiMre2_wzboN5N8_JiqBQZQVpsnQbMJkQWbf8VNcbfkaXeEfRECMIG7_5ehE50fQEGGOif1l9L9zO1ctRvbHQj2fFqSWQb2d-VRdainNksD8DI92VCF1NZNtmAKPoYPih9e95esyLoqBIr3GOlYOaGAJuBn6DVCIlbWBpSg3C2_KyC88xFEioaNhwWKH0e05vMyhYXslU_WZbPOvELhzb7DHZgTOudjdrm3UKfkH-i8gma2wM8x7l9jvzHhu6lHAbeGoGX4O5ZTY9pDrpSAMWnsQCh4K5_iXykcIo72OKPSlIA3qEqBsTEXtoxDOssOsZ_WC0gWAUGMFQhpti2mg5NrOZFeR7Y2Ujrc4nfvVcffKguQoG48SWFTjAFCtwepSWTCMXaYrIy3zfB1MlxkUl7GHACNtLdwv42nsz29DQm_PKIqlrtEg_TAmeJYnqMP0EFL8VAoKHfsVPlNpKbupEqnP_jl5H6c3nxcW3gqpP04cJk4NIuYEr90g2slkjAd5HyF7KJ01qG-8z89RdjfLmpAbdR8_wlrHsQ==&amp;c=vsNTi-MWntp4i-GRmgMVTTdXTuJhEcWIuyrqETEVIhYMZGIPAbA7ZQ==&amp;ch=CVmNY4rbfFl1EVSVwpiPFzLuNopZ2wvZ3bc4_Gk3FM6GTl9Go7Wslw==\"><strong>To receive call-in information, attendees must register as a non-member<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong>\u00a0A confirmation email with call specifics will be sent to the email provided in the registration prior to the call.\u00a0Please\u00a0provide your questions relating to the call during\u00a0registration.\u00a0These will be provided ahead of time to the Department of Commerce so that\u00a0presenters can address your questions to the extent possible, given the dynamic environment.\u00a0Questions not addressed during the conference call will be answered in follow-up communication.<\/p>\n<p>This call will be recorded so it can be accessed at a later time. Recordings of the previous Business Briefs can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001xJAh2cwbdJ5UXV6KMZunxP7w2K3y7vU5Gt6se20QkZRcjRzNKC5Y5AB7SFwi2wIv4QG5Y6Okzw8PdHif1-ECwE7xt8IId4njVLwlqMB_hCTCB08oV6lzKHkamrlnRBHwxw-T1Gvghg7UJZBjWriwKnGCqFasVe2h9sTHquXo4Mu2F7h5jQrLrmLUlZXoL5QeprIg8JlYbXQSP7BcAeEJRyoPYBIw8Up95t8DWgttuIIylLVANHWGUbksRFaF1Pmjq96i0aidNaxbWlG-ZmyYaEsAqoDzChJW_5UbEsF4yF8eKef8yJUwvnIM1AoSJ180PYE-_FcmDqE46hjmi1fsxsAv4t5nTjrmET86raClnbeN-4ZPht1UKcytaBU7bBGn2Pd2XT8UKzi1gSXBWFGDugBZ1Ps4y8L4iCPpfIUgaAuz9kV7aDVTBub1fvHidkGfgUtPdOOL5qdLZcCrswMU_FdzDqMsIKsdskajUpSu7UYU-9bB--exN7YaeoEiGw89Ye_UD8wclscKBU_P-U9QmiabxKappEqoTkl1w6-JjR_5Ksax_f0QnYlRubIOgoMYkRfSY-5d_f7DbejriGFSXbpFBj8epCj7ah0bGFuTSwkEYEIC7QXjKG4AEFAM9zAakngprMgV00GhN_e8kK-LZFXliuohOEYDNoH42nk1epkX3wL5I7iOzcq5TILz29JB-_LG-CWv-d8=&amp;c=vsNTi-MWntp4i-GRmgMVTTdXTuJhEcWIuyrqETEVIhYMZGIPAbA7ZQ==&amp;ch=CVmNY4rbfFl1EVSVwpiPFzLuNopZ2wvZ3bc4_Gk3FM6GTl9Go7Wslw==\">GNDC&#8217;s information hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bismarck\u00a0 (VC Chamber)\u00a0 The ND Department of Commerce, in partnership with the Greater North Dakota Chamber, will be holding a Special Business Briefing on Thursday, January 28, at 12:00 pm (CST) to address questions, share how to prepare for completing the application and announce a timeline when Commerce will begin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":213203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=217857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217858,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217857\/revisions\/217858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/213203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=217857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=217857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=217857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}