PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The City of Philadelphia announced Friday the Philadelphia COVID-19 Restaurant and Gym Relief Program, a $12 million grant program designed to provide financial relief to small businesses that have been affected by the most recent restrictions.
On Nov. 20, the city banned indoor dining from restaurants, closed gyms, and reduced capacity at retail stores to five people per 1,000 square feet. Gyms were allowed to reopen on Jan. 4; indoor dining resumed on Jan. 16.
Indoor dining will resume at Philadelphia restaurants after the city lifted a nearly two month ban due to the spread of the coronavirus.
The city says the new program was made possible through "the latest allocation of funding for small business relief through a mid-year transfer of City General Fund dollars in Dec. 2020."