$5 million in new grants to support small businesses for pandemic relief passed by City Council $5 million in new grants to support small businesses for pandemic relief passed by City Council
Small business grants to focus on restaurants and bars; Worker grants to focus on hospitality industry
Mon, 12/14/2020
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Mayor Jenny A. Durkan, City Council President M. Lorena González, and Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda today celebrated the City Council’s unanimous vote to provide a new $5 million relief package to support small businesses and workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to recent statewide restrictions needed to slow the surge of COVID-19, the $5 million will be directed toward small businesses and workers in the hospitality industry. $2.5 million will go to restaurants and bars, and $2.5 million will go to hospitality workers. Recent data indicates that over 600 restaurants and bars have permanently shut down in