CT Restaurant Relief Fund receives $500,000 donation from DoorDash By Leeanne Griffin
Delivery technology service DoorDash has contributed $500,000 to a new relief fund for Connecticut restaurants, which will help some of the hardest-hit businesses in the state.
Connecticut restaurateurs facing financial difficulties can now apply to receive relief from the Connecticut Restaurant Association’s fund, which will provide one-time $5,000 grants to eligible businesses. Grant availability will be based on available funds, and will be limited to one per restaurant group.
“In the midst of historically challenging times for local restaurants, DoorDash’s contribution to the Connecticut Restaurant Relief Fund will provide much needed financial support for local businesses throughout our state,” said Scott Dolch, executive director of the Connecticut Restaurant Association.
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With help from a second round of the federal Paycheck Protection Program, restaurateur Jon Kodama is hopeful his eateries will limp along until spring and be among the local survivors of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We will get back to some kind of normal eventually and the normal is not going to be upside down or opposite of what it was,” said Kodama, who owns four local restaurants and has been in the food service business for 48 years.
“At some point we are going to get back to normal and it is going to be some version of what it was and probably closer to what it was than something different,” he said.
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