Commercial Savings Bank (CSB) has taken to social media, warning area businesses of a new COVID-19 phishing scheme that has scammers posing as members of the Small Business Administration (SBA), trying to solicit applications for the latest round of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). They are sending out emails saying registration for the program can be completed by following a provided link. CSB is recommending that if any such email is received, that you DO NOT click on any links or attachments and delete the email. The attempted fraud can be reported to local authorities or to the Iowa Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division through the contact points included below. A copy of the sample email distributed by CSB can also be found here.
As the City of Carroll, the Carroll Chamber of Commerce and the Carroll Area Development Corporation (CADC) continue work on the Corridor of Commerce project, they are also reaching out to bring residents of the community into the process. In a newly released video, city and business leaders discuss the reasoning behind the project and the timing. President of Commercial Savings Bank, Ryan Milligan, says the pandemic is new, but other economic aspects needing everyone’s attention are not.
The video was produced in partnership with RDG Planning and Design, who is working with the city on the Corridor of Commerce plan, and Fusebox Marketing of Carroll. City Manager, Mike Pogge-Weaver, says the video has been distributed on their various social media outlets and on the website carrollforward.com. The site was opened late last year, asking residents to fill out a survey on their vision for the future of their community. Pogge-Weaver says they would like to see a lot more of those surv