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Jul 16, 2021 / 06:46 PM EDT
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Ohio restaurant industry is calling on Congress to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund that ran out of money earlier this year.
Only one-third of businesses that applied got money. Many more were told they would get it, but ultimately did not. Emily Mendenhall is a co-owner of Lily’s Bistro. She says, “There’s definitely still a real threat. And there’s a lot of digging out that’s still being done.”
Many restaurants need more help right now. John Barker is the President & CEO of the Ohio Restaurant Association. He says, “If these kinds of funds aren’t made available to some of these people, they will start to close down operations completely. They’ll have no choice.”