Empire State Development is offering grants of up to $5,000 for restaurants adjusting to COVID-19 safety guidelines. The $3M+ Raising the Bar Restaurant Recovery Fund supported by Diageo North America, Coastal Pacific Wine & Spirits (a division of Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits), National Development Council and ESD offers NYS restaurants up to $5K to support COVID-19-related upgrades.
“Raising the Bar” grant funding can be used for COVID-19-related improvements and equipment that will allow the business to comply with social distancing guidelines, expand take-out/delivery operations, or accommodate outdoor dining such as plexiglass barriers/partitions, signage promoting social distancing and hygiene protocols, heaters, heat lamps, weatherization upgrades and insulated delivery bags; improvements that will allow the business to continue operating through the winter months such as filtration system upgrades and food heaters to maintain temperature for to-go orders and purchas
Table Hopping By Steve Barnes, senior writer on January 6, 2021 at 11:42 AM
The application process opened this week for the $500,000
Albany County COVID-19 Small Business Grant Program. Qualifying businesses within the county including restaurants “may apply for up to $5,000 to assist in paying up to two months of back rent, up to two weeks of perishable goods, and/or expenses related to retrofitting the business for COVID-19 such as personal protective equipment, contactless purchasing, online ordering services, and more,” according to the announcement. Application deadline is 5 p.m. Jan. 19.
On Tuesday, the stare-run Empire State Development a unveiled the
“Raising the Bar” Restaurant Recovery Fundspecifically to assist restaurants in New York during the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding, totaling more than $3 million, was made possible by donations led by two large distributors of alcoholic beverage: Diageo North America and Coastal Pacific Wine &
New micro-grants open Jan. 11 for New York restaurants
The Raising the Bar Restaurant Recovery Fund will provide up to $5,000 to qualifying restaurants affected by the pandemic.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. New York restaurants now have access to a new $3 million grant program funded by private liquor companies and distributors to help get through the winter.
The Raising the Bar Restaurant Recovery Fund will provide up to $5,000 to qualifying restaurants affected by the pandemic. That amount can be significant for a business since more than 65 businesses in Western New York applied for loans of $5,000 or less during the first round of the federal government s Paycheck Protection Program.
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