The Iowa City Downtown District on March 18th at 2 pm hosted a live webinar with community experts discussing business resources and information during this time of uncertainty and unprecedented circumstances.

Listen to the webinar 

Full Slide Presentation

PANELISTS
Wendy Ford, Economic Development Coordinator for the City of Iowa City
//Wendy will provide City updates and context for economic support.

Rod Lehnertz, University of Iowa Senior VP of Finance & Operations                                                                                                                                                           //Rod will be discussing the University of Iowa’s next steps and plans to address the pandemic.

Chase Stafford, Senior Vice President of MidWestOne Bank in Commercial Banking
//Chase will be the commercial lending expert to share best practices for short term disruption and lending opportunities/state and fed updates.

Cady Gerlach, former ICDD Attorney and Director of Strategic Operations at Shelter House
//Cady will share the latest updates on State unemployment claims, take HR questions related to staffing, and business disruption insurance information.