COVID-19 Business Survey #2

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* 4. How has your business responded to COVID-19? Check all that apply

Open, but hours changed

Business closed

Changed services ((i.e. transitioned to carry out or delivery options)

Special offer for customers/community

Employees telecommuting

Employees furloughed or layoff

Please explain your answers above and share other impacts you are experiencing or creative ways you are responding.

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* 5. What business resources do you need? (check all that apply)

Cash flow assistance

Assistance for laid off employees on how to obtain benefits

Supply chain assistance

Marketing and promotional assistance

Other (please specify)

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* 6. If your business has closed due to COVID-19, do you plan to reopen?

Yes, my business has the resources it needs to reopen

Yes, if my business secures relief or additional resources

No, my business doesn’t have the resources it needs to reopen

Other (please specify)

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* 7. If your business has closed or changed operations, what challenges do you foresee with reopening or resuming normal operations? Check all that apply.

Rehiring previous experienced staff

Hiring and training new staff

Financial constraints (debt, untenable cost of lease or mortgage, inability to complete payroll)

Difficulty incorporating social distancing practices into operations

Other (please specify)

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* 8. If your business reopens, do you foresee average wages this year:

Staying the same

Increasing

Decreasing

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* 9. If stay-at-home guidelines were relaxed on the recommendation of public health and public safety experts by the dates below, your business would most likely operate how?

*Note: This question does not reflect a tentative timeline for changes in directives at any level of government, but helps us understand the impact of business disruption

	Continue Partial Operations	Resume Normal Operations	Close
By May 15, 2020	By May 15, 2020 Continue Partial Operations	By May 15, 2020 Resume Normal Operations	By May 15, 2020 Close
Other (please specify)
By June 1, 2020	By June 1, 2020 Continue Partial Operations	By June 1, 2020 Resume Normal Operations	By June 1, 2020 Close
Other (please specify)
By June 15, 2020	By June 15, 2020 Continue Partial Operations	By June 15, 2020 Resume Normal Operations	By June 15, 2020 Close
Other (please specify)
By July 1, 2020 or beyond	By July 1, 2020 or beyond Continue Partial Operations	By July 1, 2020 or beyond Resume Normal Operations	By July 1, 2020 or beyond Close
Other (please specify)

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* 10. What resources would your business need to reopen?

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* 11. What business continuity concerns do you have?

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* 12. Have you heard of the U.S. Small Business Association's Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)?

Yes

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* 13. Have you applied for a loan through the U.S. Small Business Association’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)?

Yes

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* 14. If you applied for a PPP loan, please answer the following:

	Yes	No
Was your application for a PPP loan approved?	Was your application for a PPP loan approved? Yes	Was your application for a PPP loan approved? No
Did your loan match the amount you requested?	Did your loan match the amount you requested? Yes	Did your loan match the amount you requested? No
Do you have concerns about the duration of the program?	Do you have concerns about the duration of the program? Yes	Do you have concerns about the duration of the program? No
Do you anticipate being able to have your PPP funds forgiven?	Do you anticipate being able to have your PPP funds forgiven? Yes	Do you anticipate being able to have your PPP funds forgiven? No
Have you received your PPP funds?	Have you received your PPP funds? Yes	Have you received your PPP funds? No

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* 15. If you did not apply for PPP, do you intend to apply if PPP funding is replenished?

Yes

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* 16. What were the barriers you experienced to PPP? Select all that apply

My bank didn’t participate in the Paycheck Protection Program

Didn’t qualify for PPP

Unable to find a participating lender who would process my application

Submitted an application, but it wasn’t processed before first round of PPP funding ran out

The 8-week duration of the program would not have fit the needs of my business

The requirements for PPP forgiveness would not have fit my business

Had difficulty applying as an independent contractor

Other (please specify)

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* 17. Have you heard of the U.S. Small Business Association’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program (EIDL)?

Yes

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* 18. Have you applied for a loan through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program (EIDL)?

Yes

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* 19. If you applied for EIDL, please answer the following:

	yes	no
Was your application for EIDL approved?	Was your application for EIDL approved? yes	Was your application for EIDL approved? no
Did your loan match the amount you requested?	Did your loan match the amount you requested? yes	Did your loan match the amount you requested? no
Have you received your EIDL funds?	Have you received your EIDL funds? yes	Have you received your EIDL funds? no

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* 20. If you did NOT apply for EIDL, do you plan to apply for EIDL if funding for the program is replenished?

Yes

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* 21. What were the barriers to your EIDL application? Select all that apply.

Had difficulty navigating the U.S. SBA’s online application portal

Was unable to apply before the first round of EIDL funding ran out

Didn’t qualify for EIDL

Other (please specify)

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* 22. Have you applied for other COVID-19-related relief? Check all that apply.

One Buncombe Fund

Golden LEAF Foundation NC COVID-19 Rapid Recovery Loan

Southern Equality Fund COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Save Small Business Grant

Other (please specify)

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* 23. Additional comments/concerns

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* 24. Contact Information

Name

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 25. What is your position at your organization?

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* 26. How many employees were part of your organization before the onset of COVID-19-related disruption?

1-5 employees

6-10 employees

11-20 employees

21-50 employees

51-100 employees

101-250 employees

250+

0 employees (Self-employed)

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* 27. Select the counties/areas in which your business operates:

Buncombe

Madison

Henderson

Transylvania

McDowell

Haywood

Yancey

Jackson

Statewide

Nationwide

Other WNC County (please specify)

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* 28. Is your business certified as a Historically Underutilized Business?

Yes

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* 29. Is your business veteran-owned?

Yes

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* 30. Are you of Hispanic or Latinx origin?

Yes

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* 31. How would you describe your race?

Asian

Black or African American

Native American or Alaska Native

Pacific Islander

White

Other

Prefer not to answer

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* 32. Do you identify as a member of the LGBTQ community?

Yes

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* 33. Select your age range

18-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

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* 34. How would you describe your gender identity?

Female

Male

Nonbinary

Other

Prefer not to answer

COVID-19 Business Survey #2

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* 1. Company Name

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* 2. Website

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* 3. Please select the industry category that best describes your organization.

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* 4. How has your business responded to COVID-19? Check all that apply

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* 5. What business resources do you need? (check all that apply)

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* 6. If your business has closed due to COVID-19, do you plan to reopen?

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* 7. If your business has closed or changed operations, what challenges do you foresee with reopening or resuming normal operations? Check all that apply.

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* 8. If your business reopens, do you foresee average wages this year:

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* 10. What resources would your business need to reopen?

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* 11. What business continuity concerns do you have?

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* 12. Have you heard of the U.S. Small Business Association's Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)?

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* 13. Have you applied for a loan through the U.S. Small Business Association’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)?

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* 14. If you applied for a PPP loan, please answer the following:

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* 15. If you did not apply for PPP, do you intend to apply if PPP funding is replenished?

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* 16. What were the barriers you experienced to PPP? Select all that apply

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* 17. Have you heard of the U.S. Small Business Association’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program (EIDL)?

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* 18. Have you applied for a loan through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program (EIDL)?

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* 19. If you applied for EIDL, please answer the following:

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* 20. If you did NOT apply for EIDL, do you plan to apply for EIDL if funding for the program is replenished?

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* 21. What were the barriers to your EIDL application? Select all that apply.

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* 22. Have you applied for other COVID-19-related relief? Check all that apply.

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* 23. Additional comments/concerns

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* 24. Contact Information﻿﻿﻿

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* 25. What is your position at your organization?

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* 26. How many employees were part of your organization before the onset of COVID-19-related disruption?

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* 27. Select the counties/areas in which your business operates:

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* 28. Is your business certified as a Historically Underutilized Business?

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* 29. Is your business veteran-owned?

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* 30. Are you of Hispanic or Latinx origin?

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* 31. How would you describe your race?

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* 32. Do you identify as a member of the LGBTQ community?

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* 33. Select your age range

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* 34. How would you describe your gender identity?

* 24. Contact Information