{"id":2411,"date":"2020-04-02T11:37:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/?page_id=2411"},"modified":"2020-09-10T04:14:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T08:14:21","slug":"covid-19-information-resources-and-tips-for-maine-small-businesses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/business\/covid-19-information-resources-and-tips-for-maine-small-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Information, Resources and Tips for Maine Small Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated September 10, 2020<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Where can I go for business advice and guidance?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Below is a partial list of statewide organizations in Maine that provide free business advice and counseling.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sba.gov\/offices\/district\/me\/augusta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Small Business Administration \u2013 Maine Office<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainesbdc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maine Small Business Development Centers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scoremaine.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SCORE<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>What is Maine&#8217;s plan for restarting the Economy?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/covid19\/restartingmaine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Restarting Maine&#8217;s Economy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>What are the COVID-19 prevention guidelines for small businesses who are considering reopening?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/decd\/covid-19-prevention-checklists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Business Prevention Checklists<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For Questions or More Information<br \/>\n<strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0 Jim McConnon, Business and Economics Specialist and Professor of Economics, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, <a href=\"mailto:mcconnon@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mcconnon@maine.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated September 10, 2020 Where can I go for business advice and guidance? Below is a partial list of statewide organizations in Maine that provide free business advice and counseling. U.S. Small Business Administration \u2013 Maine Office Maine Small Business Development Centers SCORE What is Maine&#8217;s plan for restarting the Economy? Restarting Maine&#8217;s Economy What [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":316,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2411","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"mmichaud","author_link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/author\/mmichaud\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2522,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2411\/revisions\/2522"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}