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    Black Hills Energy and Pueblo Latino Chamber Deliver Electric Relief to Southern Colorado Small Businesses

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    By on Economic Development, Small Business Spotlight
    Noah Commerford

    Four years after launching in response to the COVID-19 crisis, an energy relief program has proven to be a quiet yet powerful lifeline for small businesses in Southern Colorado. Since March 2021, the Black Hills Small Business Electric Assistance Program, supported by the Pueblo Latino Chamber of Commerce, has helped more than 80 businesses pay down their electricity bills — disbursing over $80,000 in funding to date.

    The initiative was born out of necessity during the early days of the pandemic, when widespread closures, supply chain disruptions and loss of revenue hit small businesses particularly hard. “The program was first discussed in 2020 as a way to help businesses during COVID,” says Noah Commerford, the Chamber’s president and CEO. “We officially launched at the end of March 2021.”

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