EDA: $1.1 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance Invested to Assist Disadvantaged Businesses and Entrepreneurs in Bluefield, WV
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.1 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the Center for Applied Research and Technology (CART), Bluefield, West Virginia, to provide critical gap financing to disadvantaged businesses and entrepreneurs. This EDA grant, to be matched with $273,750…
SBA: Application Data Results Announced for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund
Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, today is announcing the latest application data results for the $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF), passed as part of the American Rescue Plan, and signed into law by President Joe Biden. The RRF has received more than 147,000 applications from women, veterans, and socially and…
SBA: 16,000 Restaurant Revitalization Fund Awards Funded
First wave of approved restaurant applicants to receive vital American Rescue Plan funding just one week after the SBA opened for applications Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration will begin delivering economic relief from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, established by the American Rescue Plan and signed into law by President Joe Biden, to more than 16,000 approved…
SBA: Initial Results of Restaurant Revitialization Fund Announced
The SBA receives 186K applications; More than half of applications are from priority underserved business communities Today Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced the initial results of the successful May 3rd launch of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, showing more than 186,000 applications from restaurants and other food and beverage businesses in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and…
EDA: $2.4 Million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance Invested to Establish Revolving Loan Fund to Assist Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs in NY and NJ
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.4 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to BOC Capital Corporation, Brooklyn, New York, to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund that will provide critical gap financing to disadvantaged entrepreneurs in minority communities in New York…
SBA: Shuttered Venue Operators Grants Reopened for Applications on April 24th at 12:30 p.m. EDT
Applicants can register today; updated documents now available The U.S. Small Business Administration will reopen the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant application portal tomorrow, April 24, 2021, at 12:30 p.m. EDT for operators of live venues, live performing arts organizations, museums and movie theatres, as well as live venue promoters, theatrical producers and talent representatives to apply for…
SBA: Supplemental Targeted Advance Launched for Small Businesses Hardest Hit by COVID-19
The U.S. Small Business Administration launched a new round of Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) assistance – called Supplemental Targeted Advances – on April 22, 2021 that will provide $5 billion in additional assistance to 1 million small businesses and nonprofit organizations that have been most severely affected by the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The…
Census Bureau: 2019 County Business Patterns Now Available
Transportation and Warehousing led all business sectors with the largest rate of employment growth with an increase of 7.5% in the United States from 2018 to 2019, according to new U.S. Census Bureau economic statistics released today. Overall, employment in this sector grew from 5.0 million in 2018 to 5.4 million in 2019. In addition,…
Census Bureau: Small Business Pulse Survey Phase 4 Weekly Data Released
The U.S. Census Bureau today released new data from the fourth phase of the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS). Data collection began Feb. 15. Results will be released weekly Feb. 25 to April 22. The SBPS includes questions on topics such as location closings, changes in employment, disruptions in the supply chain, the use of federal assistance initiatives such…
SBA: First-of-its-Kind Technology Initiative for Restaurant Revitalization Fund Announced
Point-of-sale service providers will support eligible restaurant owners with innovative technology solutions The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today the first round of technology partners participating in a new initiative for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) – a program that will allow eligible restaurants and other food establishments to access the RRF application or data they need…