Otero County opens applications for new small business COVID-19 relief
LA Junta Tribune
Additional help is on the way for Otero County businesses struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic, as a new avenue to request that help opened Monday.
Otero County Economic Development Coordinator Danelle Berg said at the board of county commissioners meeting that a new COVID-19 relief grant program's application period just opened and that she is taking calls.
The grant is for businesses making less than $2.5 million in revenue annually.
"The bill provides $37 million in direct aid grants and annual fee waivers to struggling businesses, and also creates a grant program and allocates funds specifically for arts and cultural organizations as well as minority owned businesses," Berg said.