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- The text, topic buttons, and tabs (at the
top of the page) will
provide answers to many common business
questions.
To learn about new issues affecting small
businesses in Idaho or workshops that may
benefit your business, check the What's
New section below.
If you find this site helpful, please send feedback
so that we can continue to meet your business
needs. If you did not find the information that
you need, please let us know about that as well.
What's New
for Small Businesses
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Zion's
Bank is again offering their "Smart
Women Smart Money" grant program. Applications
will be accepted until July 31 for business
plans and project plans in the following
areas:
- Community development
- Continuing education and teacher
support
- Child and elder care
- Health and human services
- Arts and culture
For
information, visit http://www.zionsbank.com/swsm_grant.jsp?cid=2376
- The Idaho
Community Reinvestment Pilot Initiative
makes available up to $1.5 million in state
funds to private and non-profit entities
completing Department of Environmental
Quality-approved clean-ups at any of the 10
properties selected as pilot
"Brownfields."
Upon completion of the clean-up, the state
will issue the
participant a Community Reinvestment Rebate
equaling 70% of the clean-up costs
incurred, with a maximum rebate of $150,000
per pilot Brownfield. For information, visit
http://www.deq.state.id.us/Applications/Brownfields/community_reinvestment_pilot.cfm
- WARNING! If your business ships
products to California, you may need to
comply with Prop 65 requirements.
Prop 65 requires businesses to label
products that contain any of 750 chemicals
identified by the State of California as
causing cancer or reproductive toxicity. A
list of the chemicals can be found at www.oehha.org/prop65.html.
Though the state has no permitting or
reporting requirements, lawsuits are being
filed against businesses who fail to
properly label products, most by citizen activists. Penalties
up
to $2,500 per product per day, plus legal
fees, have been assessed.
| This site is a major effort of the
RIB Committee. Would you like the
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issue? Please click on the RIB logo for more
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