ANGOLA — Angola’s Mainstreet Organization, the Downtown Angola Coalition, has been designated as an affiliate Main Street program, said a news release from the downtown group.
Boonville restaurant eagerly awaiting COVID relief money
Boonville restaurant eagerly awaiting COVID relief money By Brady Williams | May 13, 2021 at 8:27 PM CDT - Updated May 13 at 8:27 PM
BOONVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - The deadline to apply for COVID relief grant funding from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs expired this past week.
As of Thursday, businesses in Boonville were eagerly awaiting that money.
Donna Ellis, owner of Yesterdaze, said that running a restaurant has been difficult over the last year.
“Sometimes you just want to sit down and cry,” she said. “But that doesn’t help much.”
Ellis has been running Yesterdaze for 20 years, but even her most loyal customers have needed to stay safe in a pandemic.
VALPARAISOÂ â Library Rotary Garden, the cityâs newest park, was popular even before it opened to the public.
The park, which occupies a quarter of a city block at the intersection of Jefferson Street and Michigan Avenue, once housed a drive-thru for Chase Bank. At the end of Chaseâs tenure there, it was used only for an ATM to dispense money.
Now the site is collecting money. So far, more than $190,000 in private donations have poured into the park.
âThereâs a plaque next to everything,â Porter County Public Library System board member Stu Summers said. Summers was board president for much of the time the park was under development.
So far, I m very pleased with the response we ve received and the interest from our county businesses, Shaffer said.
There also is $80,000 remaining from previous local programs, most recently a restaurant subsidy program, that also can be utilized.
Commissioner Jeff Plasterer said there are eight members of a selection committee that will be divided into two-person teams, with each team reviewing a quarter of the applications. The entire group will come together June 1 to make the final awards.
The county would then distribute the money and apply to OCRA for reimbursement.
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Shaffer also told commissioners the EDC is reviewing parameters for EDIT grants.