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Council considering $1.5M fund to help small businesses pay rent
$61.6M more in federal money might go to transportation, residential rent relief
February 10, 2021 | 6:16 pm
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The Montgomery County Council is considering spending $1.5 million to help retail stores and service businesses pay current or overdue rent.
The proposed allocation, spearheaded by Council Member Will Jawando, was introduced during the council’s meeting on Tuesday. The proposal has to come back before the council for a final vote.
The Small Business Rental Assistance Program would be funded by undesignated reserves, but there could be another funding source, too, according to a staff report.
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Montgomery County’s Ride On transit service and the Washington Metro Area Transit Authority have been allocated more than $1 million in federal funding to make public transportation safer amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ride On will receive $450,000 so it can track passenger counts in real-time to inform patrons about buses’ available capacities, members of Maryland’s congressional delegation announced in a statement Tuesday.
Thanks to the funding, the transit service will also be able to “provide trip-planning information about alternate transportation routes and allow the County’s bus control center better track and manage crowding.”