Resources for navigating COVID-19 in your landscape company

As an increasing number of people are receiving the COVID-19 vaccines and restrictions are relaxed or removed, ALCC continues to share information and resources to support the landscape industry. 

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Click the appropriate link to jump to the resources you want to browse. We are also sharing information as it arrives on our blog. 

Coronavirus health and safety resources
Green industry COVID-19 resource pages
Federal resources for business
State resources for business
Local resources for business

As a member of the landscape community please join ALCC in donating PPE to healthcare workers (click here for more information).

ALCC has hosted two webinars for members addressing issues related to COVID-19. Webinar recordings are available. You will be asked for your contact information before receiving the link to the recorded webinar(s).

• Navigating COVID-19 – An ALCC Member Discussion (recorded March 25, 2020)
• COVID-19 webinar – Effects of the pandemic on Colorado landscape businesses (recorded April 15, 2020)

We've also gathered additional resources from around the web, provided here for your reference:

Coronavirus health and safety resources

• General Colorado Landscape Industry Guidance for Business Operations during COVID-19 - developed by ALCC for the Colorado landscape industry
• State of Colorado COVID-19 Multi-Industry Construction Guidance
• Pitkin County COVID-19 Business Safety Plan Checklist
• CDC's Coronavirus page
• CDC COVID-19 guidance for companies 
• CDC COVID-19 resources in English, Spanish and Chinese
• OSHA COVID-19 information for companies
• OSHA COVID-19 web page
• OSHA Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19 (PDF)

Green industry COVID-19 resource pages

• Looking to determine whether your work is an essential service? See these documents:
• ALCC resources for equipping your team with essential services documentation (members only--login required)
• DHS CISA Advisory memorandum on identification of essential critical infrastructure workers during COVID-19 response
• Colorado's Amended public health order 20-24 implementing stay at home requirements -- this specifies essential businesses and critical infrastructure
• Insurance implications of COVID-19 (members only--login required)
• Lawn & Landscape's Coronavirus news page
• NALP's Coronavirus resource page
• Landscape Industry Guidance for Business Operations During COVID-19
• NALP statement regarding the landscape industry and COVID-19
• Coronavirus Resources for Lawn Care and Landscape Companies
• NALP has created a summary document about the Families First Act & Expansion of Mandatory Paid Leave Provisions.
• NALP's list of questions and answers from their recent webinar
• FFCRA Q&A
• CARES Act Q&A
• OPEI analysis of the CARES Act
• OPEI Coronovirus resource page
• Colorado Tree Care Sector Partnership sample pandemic response plan
• Watch a recording of AmericanHort's excellent webinar discussing loans, grants and business relief related to the CARES Act

Federal resources

• Coronavirus stimulus laws:
• H.R.6074 - Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020
• H.R.6201 - Families First Coronavirus Response Act
• H.R.748 - CARES Act
• Families First Coronavirus Response Act: Questions and Answers 
• Required FFRCA poster for non-federal employers
• Application for COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) 
  
• US Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division resources regarding COVID-19
• US Small Business Association (SBA) Coronavirus resources page
• PPP program overview
• PPP fact sheet for borrowers
• PPP application
• Resources from America's Small Business Development Center network
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce Coronavirus Emergency Loans Small Business Guide and Checklist 
• DHS CISA Advisory memorandum on identification of essential critical infrastructure workers during COVID-19 response
• Unemployment Insurance Program Letter 14-20 (UIPL) outlines "relevant provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act related to the administration of and eligibility criteria for state unemployment insurance (UI) programs, including Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) for those not typically eligible for UI, such as gig workers, and expanded UI benefits." 

State resources

• State of Colorado COVID-19 resources
• Colorado COVID-19 business resource center (Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade - A Division of the Colorado Governor’s Office) 
• Colorado Health Emergency Leave with Pay (“Colorado HELP”) Rules (and FAQs)
• The Small Business Owner’s Guide to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (via Congresswoman Diana DeGette)
• COVID-19: Federal and Colorado Support for Small Businesses with the Small Business Majority (registration required to view this webinar recording)
• Employer's Council COVID-19 resources
• Colorado Small Business Development Centers COVID-19 resources
• Colorado Department of Labor and Employment (CDLE) Emergency Rules on Paid Sick Leave for COVID-19
• State of Colorado COVID-19 Multi-Industry Construction Guidance

Local resources

• City and County of Denver business assistance programs, including Small Business Emergency Relief

Need to get in touch with us with questions or to share your own resources? Email us at [email protected].

ALCC is dedicated to supporting the industry during this time of incredible uncertainty. This is why now, more than ever, it is so important to be a member of ALCC. Click here to learn more about membership and how to join or contact Tammy DiFalco to request additional information.