Helping small businesses amid the coronavirus

Helping small businesses amid the coronavirus

Illinois.

Restaurant dining rooms have been forced to close in indiana and in illinois.

It's left local business owners scrambling to find ways to stay open.

News 10's heather good continues our team coverage.

Heathe} servers across the country have gone from waiting tables to taking orders over the phone.

They're doing everything they can to serve their community and stay in business.

Pk} local restaurant owners have been forced to make some tough decisions.

Not only are their dining rooms closed... their staffs are shrinking.

At fifi's lunch box... the staff of 20 is now a staff of three... and at j ford's black angus... 90-percent of the staff has been let go.

Coverered: "what are some different ways we can work together to help promote them, help share that information that the have going on."

The terre haute chamber of commerce and the west central indiana small business development center have partnered to lead business owners through this uncertain time.

West central indiana small business development center regional director courtney chipol says, "if any individual is feeling overwhelmed then they can look at that and take it probably times 10 and that's how our local business owners are feeling."

The organizations are hosting strategy sessions with local restaurants and retailers.

They're doing this through conference calls and video chats.

Terre haute chamber of commerce president kristin craig says, "we're going to be in this for a little while.

Nobody really knows what that end date looks like and so we've got to do everything we can to work together to keep them up an moving."

The chamber has created this restaurant guide on it's website.

It details all the local businesses open and offering to-go and delivery in terre haute.

"small businesses are the life-blood of out economy and this is going to be a really, it's a tough time for all businesses but it's a really tough time for our small businesses, especially those restaurants."

Heathe} business owners tell me... you have to do whatever you can to take care of your family... but if you do have the means to please consider shopping local.

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