VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The following is a message from Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kay Vinje.

“It’s been another big week as we navigate through the COVID-19 crisis and how it is effecting your families and businesses. As your Chamber, please know that we are here for you and want to provide help in any way we can.

Below is a link to yesterday’s business briefing call with the ND Department of Congress and GNDC with the weekly updates.

Similar calls are scheduled for the next several weeks on Thursdays at 11:00 am. To take part in these calls live, pre-registration is required. You’re encouraged to submit your questions when you register. After the call, participants will receive a survey as a way to provide feedback on the content of the call. This information will be used to help build the agenda for the following week’s call. As soon as the link to register for the Thursday, April 2nd call is available, we will send it out to you.

Business owners are encouraged to contact their local bankers to discuss best options for your specific business. The ND Response website has a vast amount of general information, but your local banker can help answer your specific questions for your business.

At any time, you can access https://ndresponse.gov/covid-19-resources, click on the “Financial” tab to find information and valuable resources for businesses that expect to be or have been financially affected by COVID-19. This site is update twice daily to provide the most current information to you. It has Federal, State & Local Resources tabs.

I encourage you to share this information with any business in our community or fellow business owners in North Dakota.”

Kay Vinje

Executive Director

Valley City Area Chamber of Commerce