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Retail, service businesses that rely on foot traffic will get help
April 7, 2021 | 7:28 pm
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Some small businesses will soon have access to $1 million in small-business rental assistance from Montgomery County.
On Tuesday, the County Council unanimously approved the rental assistance, which will go to retail and service businesses that rely on foot traffic.
Medical practices, professional services businesses, religious organizations and day care facilities are excluded because they do not rely on foot traffic or they have qualified for grant funding through other programs.
Council Member Will Jawando, who spearheaded the effort, said during Tuesday’s meeting that rent is often the largest cost, outside of labor, for small retail and service-related businesses.