Economic Recovery

COVID-19 Information Resources for Communities

National Main Street

• The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Businesses: findings from Main Street America’s Small Business Survey
• Holiday Shopping During COVID: What Should Main Streets Expect?
• Trends Remote Work: How Rural Economies Can Leverage the Rise in Remote Work

CNN Business 

• Tracking America’s Recovery – An Interactive dashboard that shows how things have changed and tracks the recovery in detail. 

Strong Towns

• The Local Leaders Tool Kit: A Strong Towns Response to the Pandemic

University of Southern Maine

• Maine Economic and Business Outlook_Ryan Wallace (PDF)
• USM-School of Business SBDC Presentation (PDF)