Hampton Roads businesses trying to tap into new Restaurant Revitalization Fund
The fund opened Monday and almost 200,000 businesses applied in the first two days. There is a $28.6 billion money pot to pull from. Author: Allison Bazzle Updated: 11:44 PM EDT May 6, 2021
NORFOLK, Va. More money is up for grabs for small business owners in the food industry and it’s already in high demand.
The Restaurant Revitalization Fund opened Monday and almost 200,000 businesses applied in the first two days. There is a $28.6 billion money pot to pull from.
This time around the focus is on specific types of business owners.
Hummingbird Macarons and Desserts owner Kisha Moore applied for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund first thing on Monday.
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“Help needed now, desperately!” is far more accurate.
“It’s ugly out there, it really is,” says Diana Hamann, owner of the Wine Goddess in the Main/Dempster Mile district. Hamann says despite paying competitive wages for servers ($14/hour plus tips), “there is a lack of people who want to work.”
The Wine Goddess is part of the Custer Oasis, where the streets at Custer and Main are closed for outdoor dining for her shop and two restaurants.
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The New York Times reported on four reasons that might account for that disconnect.
These include jobless benefits disincentivizing people to work and pandemic health concerns.
The pandemic cost millions of Americans their jobs, and while the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that 9.7 million of them are actively seeking work, businesses are reporting significant labor shortages.
Weekly jobless claims are at a pandemic-era low just this past Thursday, but businesses, particularly in the restaurant and service industries, are still struggling to hire. The American Restaurant Association has found that staffing at full-service restaurants remains down 20%, or 1.1 million openings, from the year-ago level, but staffing is even down at firms that want to rehire workers.
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