Grants available for Council Bluffs small businesses and residents
North and South Omaha small businesses awarded grants to help with COVID-19 relief
North and South Omaha small businesses awarded grants to help with COVID-19 relief
Grants available for Council Bluffs small businesses and residents
FOR SMALL BUSINESSESTO CONTINUE TO APPLYFOR THE MANY GRANTSTHAT ARE STILLAVAILABLE.THE FINANCIALRECOVERY FORBUSINESSES MAY BETOUGH - BUT I DUG INTOSOME OF THEASSISTANCE PROGRAMSPUT IN PLACE TO HELPWITH THATPROCESS....ON TODAY'SEDITION OF THEREBOUND - HEARTLAND.TRT 1:47 NATS FORCOUNCIL BLUFFS STOREOWNER DAVID PUTNAM -NOTHING ABOUT THEPANDEMIC HAS CALLEDFOR CELEBRATION.DAVID "APRIL, MAY ANDJUNE ARE TYPICALLY MYBIGGEST MONTHS,BUSIEST MONTHS.SINCE COVID MYBUSINESS IN THOSEMONTHS WERE JUSTABOUT NOTHING."04:06:28 HIS BUSINESS -MIDWEST TROPHY ANDAWARDS - HAS FACEDFINANCIAL HARDSHIP.NO SPORTS, NOTOURNAMENTS - MEANSNO TROPHIES ORTSHIRTS."IT'S AMAZINGLY TOUGH."14:40:53 COUNCIL BLUFFSMAYOR MATT WALSHKNOWS HOW HARD IT'SBEEN ON HIS CITY ANDHOPES BUSINESSESTAKE ADVANTAGE OFSOME OF THE FEDERALGRANT MONEY THE CITYRECEIVED.THE CITY IS USING SOMEOF THE MONEYTOWARDS HELPINGFOOD BANKS,RESIDENTS, AND OFCOURSE -- SMALLBUSINESSES.MAYOR "BUSINESSES AREELIGIBLE FOR GRANTSFROM ANYWHERE TWOTO TEN THOUSANDDOLLARS." 14:44:36 ANDTHAT MONEY CAN REALLYHELP BUSINESSES LIKEMIDWEST TROPHY ANDAWARDS - AND OTHERCOUNCIL BLUFFSBUSINESSES AS WELL.THE PANDEMIC BEINGNOT THE FIRSTHARDSHIP THEY'VEFACED RECENTLY.MAYOR "WE STARTEDTHE YEAR RECOVERINGFROM A FLOOD, SPENTTHROUGH NOVEMBERDEALING WITH THATFLOODING EVENT ONLYTO BE FACED WITH THEPANDEMIC." 14:48:36GRANT MONEY IS NOTJUST LOCAL.THE IOWA ECONOMICDEVELOPMENTAUTHORITY OR I-E-D-AHAS BEEN WORKINGCLOSELY WITHBUSINESSES SINCE THEPANDEMIC BEGAN.ZOOM "WHEN THEPROGRAM FINALLYCLOSES, AT LEAST THISPHASE OF IT, WE WILLHAVE EXPENDED $94MILLION DOLLARS FORSMALL BUSINESSGRANTS ACROSS OURSTATE." 02:06 SO THATEVEN PEOPLE LIKE DAVID- WHO HASN'T REACHEDOUT FOR FINANCIALASSISTANCE YET - STILLHAS OPTIONS AND STILLHAS HELP."THAT IS SOMETHINGTHAT IF THIS CONTINUESI'LL DEFINITELY NEED TOLOOK INTO." 04:10:40REPORTING IN COUNCILBLUFFS, RUTA ULCINAITE3NN.THE I-E-D- HAS MULTIPLEASSISTANCE PROGRAMSFOR BUSINESSESINCLUDING GRANTS ANDA NEW "SHOP IOWA"CAMPAIGN.YOU CAN FIND MOREINFORMATION ON HOWTO APPLY FOR THEGRANTS MENTIONED INTHIS STORY AND OTHERS- ON OUR WEBSITE - 3NEWS NOW DOT COM.IT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR
North and South Omaha small businesses awarded grants to help with COVID-19 relief
Grants available to Council Bluffs small businesses and residents