Several small businesses and nonprofit organizations throughout the Lakelands have been awarded funding through the South Carolina CARES Act.
âIt helps stop the bleeding,â T.J. Jenks, general manager at Montagueâs Restaurant in Greenwood, said. âWe have had a ton of expenses that were sort of over and above.â
Jenks said revenue has also been down at the restaurant.
Montagueâs, operating under M3 Foods Inc., was awarded $25,000 through the SC CARES Act.
Two thousand two hundred and eighty-four minority and small businesses received grant relief from the $40 million allocated as a result of the legislation, a press release from the state Department of Administration said.