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HARTFORD – Republican leaders of the Connecticut House of Representatives released a plan on Wednesday that would bring additional financial relief to restaurants and bars across the state that are struggling financially because of the pandemic.
The GOP plan would create a $50 million grant program for those businesses with qualifying monetary losses; suspend liquor permitting fees and food licensing fees for one year for certain businesses, and delay municipal property tax payments for 90 days. They also want the state’s Department of Economic and Community Development to partner with financial institutions to create another low-interest loan program.
The state is currently using some of its federal coronavirus relief aid to issue grants of up to $5,000 to small businesses, including restaurants, but the Connecticut Restaurant Association has said a greater share of that money from the federal CARES Act is needed to help prevent thousands of establishments from permanently clo
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Updated on December 17, 2020 at 12:41 pm
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Republican leaders of the Connecticut House of Representatives released a plan on Wednesday that would bring additional financial relief to restaurants and bars across the state that are struggling financially because of the pandemic.
The GOP plan would create a $50 million grant program for those businesses with qualifying monetary losses; suspend liquor permitting fees and food licensing fees for one year for certain businesses, and delay municipal property tax payments for 90 days. They also want the state’s Department of Economic and Community Development to partner with financial institutions to create another low-interest loan program.
Connecticut House Republicans propose $50M grant program, yearlong fee suspensions to assist ailing restaurant industry courant.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from courant.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New London Sara Monroe, longtime owner Studio 33 Art & Frame Gallery at 140 Bank St., obtained a Paycheck Protection Program loan, a grant from the city and help from a friend to help her business stay afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic.
She said she s taken great pains to make customers feel safe for the holiday shopping season and for those still leery about shopping in-person has shifted artist galleries and artisan gifts online and offered after-hour appointments, curbside pickup and deliveries.
Felicia Stevens, owner of The Drunken Palette Art Studio and Art Supply Emporium, continues to offer socially distanced group art classes and started offering customers virtual shopping tours, walking customers through her State Street business to check out the ever changing inventory of locally-crafted wares.