Gateway OT/Crate and Freight/DeliveXy

If you were excited, like me, that the government finally created a program to help Small Businesses survive an economic (health) crisis, only to be totally disappointed today. You are not alone.  Owning a Small Business takes an optimistic vision, at the same time we take on the stress of ensuring our business is at a minimum, supplying a steady paycheck for our employees. The Covid-19 crisis has added to that stress because our "Normal" working environment has been disrupted. Our regular clients who provide the baseline steady income we rely on each month have been negatively impacted by this crisis, which in turn affects us. The Payroll Protection Program, the way it was presented by our government was meant "for the little guys", "small business", "to help the "mom and pop shops" make it through this crisis, to keep employees on payroll, it made total sense. I could get really get behind this. This program had all my boxes checked...

This blog has to start the same way most communication starts today with...A Covid-19 Statement: The writer of this blog encourages all readers to have washed hands, and that you have recently sanitized your screen and the keyboard/mouse you are using. It is also best if you are reading this from home since most of America is under "Stay at Home" orders. If you are reading this from work, please go back to doing the 'essential' things you need to do and come back and read this later! If you are sick; I wish you a speedy recovery and hope that you are following the recommendations of your health care professionals. With that out of the way, I would like to talk about Covid-19. As a small business owner of a Transportation-Logistics company, my knowledge of the actual Virus is nothing... ( I should have become a doctor! Sorry mom) so this blog will focus on the impact it has had on small businesses like mine. The U.S Government has recognized the importance of Sma...