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CINCINNATI â Certain minority-owned small businesses can apply for a new grant to cushion the financial blow caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Resiliency Fund offers grants that businesses will not have to repay ranging from $1,000 to $15,000 for small minority-owned businesses devastated by the pandemic.
âWe want to reach small Black and brown minority-owned business in Cincinnati that are mom-and-pop establishments, with our hyper focus on businesses with revenue of $100,000 or less,â said Eddie Koen, executive director of Urban League of Greater Southwest Ohio. âGCMI is a great partner for us in that.â
The fund was created by the Business Development & Entrepreneurship division of Urban League of Greater Southwest Ohio, in cooperation with the City of Cincinnati and the Greater Cincinnati Microenterprise Initiative. The city of Cincinnati is providing funding for the effort.
Fund launched to help Black, brown owned small businesses in Cincinnati impacted by COVID-19 The âResiliency Fundâ is made up of three different tiers. (Source: WAFB) By Jared Goffinet | February 25, 2021 at 1:15 PM EST - Updated February 25 at 1:51 PM
CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The Urban League of Greater Southwest Ohio, the City of Cincinnati, and the Greater Cincinnati Microenterprise Initiative (GCMI) joined together Thursday to announce a new COVID-19 relief fund for Black and brown minority-owned small businesses,
The âResiliency Fundâ will mainly focus on businesses with revenue of $100,000 or less, Executive Director of Urban League of Greater Southwest Ohio Eddie Koen said.
Ohio Health Dept. virtual town hall event stresses importance of getting Black people vaccinated
The Ohio Department of Health held a virtual town hall via Facebook Live Monday night with black doctors, clergy members and activists â all in the hopes to get communities of color on board with being vaccinated.
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As Hamilton County moves to vaccinate against COVID-19, there are major disparities and distrust that stand in the way of herd immunity. One of the groups least likely to get the shot: African Americans.
The Ohio Department of Health held a virtual town hall via Facebook Live Monday night with black doctors, clergy members and activists â all in the hopes to get communities of color on board with being vaccinated.