FROM THE MAYOR’S OFFICE: Round two of Newton’s Small Business Recovery Grant Program Community Content More financial assistance is on the way to support our small business community that has struggled so much throughout the many months of this pandemic. We launched Newton’s Small Business Recovery Grant Program initially in May 2020 and provided $300,000 in assistance to 27 businesses from among the 100-plus applications. This second round of the program funded by $300,000 in federal supplemental Community Development Block Grant funding, will assist the particularly hard-hit small brick and mortar businesses in our village centers and commercial corridors.Grant awards will range from $10,000 for microenterprises (five employees or fewer, including the owner) to $15,000 for small businesses with 5 to 20 employees. These awards for emergency funding can help pay for commercial rent or mortgage, wages, loss of inventory, and other demonstrated costs.