Minnesota students and businesses hopeful for prom, graduations this summer
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BYRON, Minn. (FOX 9) - The loosening of more COVID-19 restrictions in Minnesota comes at the perfect time for many high schoolers as they prepare for two big traditions.
After the pandemic led to the cancelations of proms and graduations last year, they are now hoping for a season to remember.
Minnesota students and businesses hopeful for prom, graduations this summer
The loosening of more COVID-19 restrictions in Minnesota comes at the perfect time for many high schoolers as they prepare for two big traditions.
Friday, Governor Walz announced a new series of COVID-19 changes as the vaccine rollout continues at full speed. Among the rule changes are increases to capacity for event venues. And the progress of the vaccine rollout has Governor Walz hopeful that proms and graduations could look close to normal by May and June.
Created: March 09, 2021 07:45 AM
(ABC 6 NEWS) - As life gradually becomes a little more normal, many people are looking forward to celebrating spring traditions and for many students that s prom! But schools and businesses are in a tough position with the uncertainty of the pandemic still lingering.
At the Prom Shop in Byron, they have over 1,000 dresses to choose from. The owner of the Prom Shop, Pam Bessler said this time last year the Prom Shop was very busy, and just one day everything stopped because the state was shutdown. The shop closed its doors for the rest of the prom season, but they still kept working towards this 2021 prom season. The shop is only open from December through April, so they still planned for this year by ordering new dresses, but there might be a shortage in dresses because manufacturers created fewer. We always felt because we deal with such a large area that a lot of these smaller schools at least would be having Prom, said Bessler
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In January, the Olmsted County Board of Commissioners announced it allocated a total of $3,388,968 in economic relief funds to small businesses and non-profits affected by COVID-19 as part of the State of Minnesota County Relief Funding Program.
According to a press release from Olmsted County, a total of 169 small businesses met the eligibility criteria and were chosen as grant recipients, and 34 non-profit organizations met the eligibility criteria and were chosen as grant recipients.
A total of $2,711,174 was allocated to the grant program for small businesses and food/beverage-serving 501(c)(8) and 501(c)(19) non-profits, administered by Rochester Area Economic Development, Inc, and $677,794 was allocated to the grant program for 501(c)(3) non-profits administered by the Rochester Area Foundation (RAF).