COVID-19 Business News Update - April 13, 2020

Here is the latest news about COVID-19 and how it affecting business is Colorado and Nationwide:

Colorado

Pueblo’s mayor is proposing the city launch a program to assist small business owners. In Wheat Ridge, the city council approved a new small business stabilization program.
The Colorado Real Estate Journal offers advice to landlords about how to work with commercial tenants who cannot pay rent. The article also offers a guide for landlords outlining the current eviction laws around Colorado.
Rural Colorado is facing tremendous issues due to COVID-19. The Pagosa Springs Sun discusses the issues that are proving daunting to rural Colorado, including the significant impact on business and agriculture there.

PYMENTS.Com provides an overview of how various municipalities across the country are attempting to help small business owners. Relief efforts in Boulder are discussed in depth.
Experts say that a “wave” of retail bankruptcies are on the way. Retail Dive investigates the issues bankruptcy courts are currently facing and will face in the near future. Both the effect on existing bankruptcies, filed before the outbreak struck, and future bankruptcies are explored.
Agricultural financiers are having to adapt to the current crisis, as are all lenders. AG Week details the changes lenders are making and how that will affect farmers and the agricultural industry.