{"id":45015,"date":"2020-04-01T16:37:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T22:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=64030"},"modified":"2020-04-01T16:37:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T22:37:06","slug":"workingrand-com-offers-help-during-covid-19-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/workingrand-com-offers-help-during-covid-19-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"WorkInGrand.com offers help during COVID-19 crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Businesses and employees in Grand County struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic can go to www.WorkInGrand.com<\/a> for resources related to the crisis, including information about grants and loans.<\/p>\n

\u201cBusinesses struggling through the shutdown and employees out of work or planning for future work can go to this website as a one-stop-shop to see what help is available,\u201d DiAnn Butler, Grand County\u2019s Economic Developer, said in a news release.<\/p>\n

In the last few weeks, a group of county entities called the Business Emergency Response Team \u2014 or BERT \u2014 agreed to make WorkInGrand.com its informational resource for helping local businesses and citizens through the crisis, according to the release.<\/p>\n

BERT is made up of Grand County Economic Development; the Grand County Colorado Tourism Board; the chambers of commerce in Winter Park and Fraser, Granby, Grand Lake, Hot Sulphur Springs and Kremmling; and Fraser Economic Development.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Business Emergency Response Team will be
\nproviding coordinated and comprehensive information and updates to community
\nbusinesses and employees through this web portal,\u201d Butler said. \u201cWe are all
\ncommitted to assisting local businesses navigate and survive the
\nCOVID-19-related closures and the economic impacts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Work In Grand website was initially created so employers could post job openings, workers could link with those openings and housing opportunities could posted. The site has since been expanded to respond to the impacts on local businesses and employees from the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Businesses can find information about grant and loan
\nprograms that have been designed to get them through the drastic cuts in
\nbusiness. Employees who have been laid off can find information on unemployment
\noptions and link up with many of the jobs that are still available or will be available
\nonce the outbreak is contained. <\/p>\n

Workers need to fill out a profile form on the site to be part of the mix for current and future work. Links to resources that can help business people find assistance are posted on the site. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis site can get business people and individuals on
\nthe right track to finding out the assistance that\u2019s available through this
\ncrisis that\u2019s impacting Grand County and all of the United States,\u201d Butler
\nsaid.<\/p>\n

Further links to the site can be found through facebook.com\/workingrand\/ social BERT updates. For more, contact Butler at 970-531-1343 or dbutler@co.grand.co.us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Businesses and employees in Grand County struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic can go to www.WorkInGrand.com for resources related to the crisis, including information about grants and loans. \u201cBusinesses struggling through the shutdown and employees out of work or planning for future work can go to this website as a one-stop-shop to see what help is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-11 07:17:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45015\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}