Re-Opening Your Business in Oregon

Click your sector below for information from the governor's office
Click here to read general employer guidelines from Oregon Health Authority (OHA)

• Retail
  • Click here to watch the recording of the retail sector webinar hosted by the Governor's office
    
  • Click here to read retail guidelines from OHA
  • Re-Opening Retail FAQs
• Restaurants/Bars/Tasting Rooms
  • Click here to watch the recording of the restaurant sector webinar hosted by the Governor's office
    
  • Click here to read restaurant guidelines from OHA
  • Re-Opening Restaurants FAQs
• Personal Services (salons, etc.)
  • Click here to watch the recording of the personal services sector webinar hosted by the Governor's office
    
  • Click here to read personal services guidelines from OHA
  • Re-Opening Personal Services FAQs

*Click here to access the slides from the webinars*

What is re-opening my business going to look like?

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has released a draft of what re-opening plans will look like.
*The State of Oregon has not yet set a start date for these plans.*

Click each link below to see the draft for each sector.

• Presentation - Framework for Re-Opening Oregon
• Guidance for Employers
• General Guidance for the Public
• Retail Guidance
• Restaurant Guidance
• Personal Services Guidance (salons, etc.)
  
• Outdoor Recreation Guidance
  
• Childcare Guidance

The Governor's Office is accepting feedback on these guidelines. (i.e., if your business cannot operate under the conditions outlined above, let them know and please explain why.) Send feedback to alex.campbell@oregon.gov.

Page last updated: May 13, 2020

Regional Resources

• Soutwestern Oregon Workforce Investment Board - SOWIB  has opened up a PPE supply to businesses and private citizens to prepare for some of the mask requirements, and for hotels and campgrounds that need them to open.  Click here to see and purchase available supplies purchase for reopening.
• Southwestern Oregon Small Business Development Center - training, loan application assistance, general assistance with questions during this time and connections to other "larger fish" that offer funding assistance (based out of Southwestern Oregon Community College)
  • contact: sbdc@socc.edu
  • Stay up to date on small business resources available through SBDC by following them on Facebook
    
• South Coast Development Council - SCDC is the South Coast's economic development district, and they are available to help guide you through this weird time for your business and help you determine which resources your business could utilize. SCDC tends to act as a regional first stop for a lot of businesses making inquiries and they can help get you to the right people. Click here for SCDC's COVID-19 page, or Contact Shaun Gibbs at Shaun@scdcinc.org
  

Recalling Employees Back to Work

Click here for the Oregon Employment Dept. FAQs on resuming business operations once the State of Oregon gives the go-ahead.