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$200K in Polk County resiliency grants recommended by committee
Crookston Times
The Polk County Business Resiliency Grant Program committee for Crookston met Tuesday and approved $200,000 in grants for 39 of 41 applications from local businesses and nonprofits. Applications from DaRoos Pizza, which was previously operating in downtown Crookston, and Resource Management, which operates apartments near the Downtown Square, were denied.
They also looked over 18 grant applications from outside of Crookston and made recommendations for the $100,000 available which will be decided at a later meeting with city and county leaders.
The committee consisted of Crookston Housing & Economic Development Authority (CHEDA) board members Kurt Heldstab, Craig Buness and Leon Kremeier, City Council members Tom Vedbraaten and Wayne Melbye, plus CHEDA Executive Director Craig Hoiseth and City Administrator Amy Finch acting as liaisons.
More B3 grants approved by CHEDA Board
Crookston Times
Five more B3 (Building Better Business) grant requests were approved this week during CHEDA’s board meeting with the first application for Heroes Rise Coffee Company using up the remaining balance in the program’s coffers before a funding boost is expected to come from the city. The remaining four requests for KROX Radio, The Holding Company - Golf Terrace Motel, Hermreck Construction and Thrivent Financial, were approved pending city funding.
The total amount of this round’s B3 requests is $22,000 - $5K for Heroes, $4K for KROX, $5K for Golf Terrace Motel, $5K for Hermreck Construction and $3K for Thrivent Financial.