Hundreds apply for aid through City’s grant program City selects 165 small businesses to receive funding The PPP allows employers to apply for loans to keep their employees on payroll specifically during the coronavirus pandemic.
Over 160 Turlock businesses facing financial hardship due to COVID-19 will soon receive aid thanks to the City of Turlock’s Small Business Relief Grant Program.
The program is just one of many ways Turlock is spending nearly $3.5 million in federal coronavirus relief funding $2.5 million from the CARES Act, and another $849,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The application period for the Small Business Relief Program went live on Nov. 6 and business owners were able to apply through Nov. 30.
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The Normal Town Council met remotely Monday, Dec. 21, 2020.
The Normal Town Council voted overwhelmingly Monday night to waive next year’s liquor license fees for certain businesses negatively affected by Restore Illinois’ pandemic closures and restrictions.
Restaurants and bars, in particular, have suffered losses after bans on indoor dining.
But businesses that violate such pandemic restrictions in the upcoming year will be required to pay the license fee renewal.
The waiver OK d Monday complements federal and state relief, said council member Karyn Smith.
She said eliminating the liquor license fee for 2021 allowed Normal, “at the local level, to provide some specific relief to an industry sector that has been hard hit as we attempt to battle this pandemic,” said council member Karyn Smith.
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Intact’s Small Business Relief Program provides targeted relief to entrepreneurs whose livelihoods have been impacted by COVID-19
It was while witnessing the struggles many small businesses across Canada were facing as a result of the pandemic that Intact Insurance started looking into how it could help.
Intact, which provides insurance to one in five Canadians and one in four small businesses, wanted to offer support over and above other measures available to small business owners whose livelihoods depend on their doors staying open.
“We looked at our business insurance customers and saw that those on Main Street were most affected: These are small businesses in sectors like hospitality, retail and services that had to be closed or their ability to generate business was reduced due to the pandemic. We wanted to direct more relief their way,” said Louis Gagno
Duval County small business owners will have another opportunity to apply for $2,000 in COVID-19 relief from the city starting Dec. 18.
Jacksonville’s Small Business Relief Program will provide a third round of grant funding to 875 applicants, according to a city news release.
The application will be available at myjax.custhelp.com at 9 a.m.
City Council authorized another $1.77 million in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act money for the program at its Dec. 8 meeting. The funds will be granted first-come, first-served.
The program, initially approved in May, originally allocated $9 million to 4,500 small businesses through prepaid debit cards to brick-and-mortar businesses, sole proprietors and 1099 contract workers.