COVID-19: Tools for businesses
Return to COVID-19 - Support for Businesses
The City is pulling together additional resources from partners and organizations that are useful for businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. For more resources for businesses, see calgary.ca/covid-business
Powering up: A toolkit for re-opening and operating safely with COVID-19 from the Calgary Chamber of Commerce.
Things that are open: Add your business the listing to let people know you're open. Register at things that are open – business submission.
Calgary Chamber Toolkit for Businesses: Which includes a job board, daily webinars and other useful supports.
Get found on Google local searches: Calgary Economic Development has created a Free Google Starter Kit to help you make your website perform better in Google searches.
YYC Business Marketplace: Connecting Calgary businesses who are supporting their peers, courtesy of Calgary Economic Development.
Calgary Economic Development Job Board: Calgary companies can directly upload positions that they are in need of filling through the self-serve functionality regardless of industry.
Business link: Offering free supports such as 1 to 1 business advisors, and an “Ask an expert” series to any Alberta based business.
Alberta Women Entrepreneurs: Offering free support such as 1 to 1 business advisors and navigating COVID-19 webinars to any women-led, Alberta based company
Momentum/Thrive: Offering free support to any locally owned business including:
- Be Local YYC - list your products and services online with other local businesses at shop.belocal.org
- twice weekly zoom sessions with peers,
- access to a slack community and business helpline and coaching,
- employment helpline and coaching,
- money management helpline and coaching.
TogetherYYC: Calgary’s small business community has launched a series of signs that small businesses can put in their windows to show their status during the pandemic. Download posters at https://togetheryyc.ca/.
Map of facilities and services available to truckers: Truck drivers can find open restaurants, rest areas and vehicle inspection stations on Alberta’s highways.