Kent County Today

City of Delaware issued the following announcement on Oct. 29.

We are happy to announce that Olivina Taproom, 44 S. Sandusky Street, is the first grantee in the City of Delaware’s Small Business Recovery Grant 2.0 Program. 

In continuing to support Delaware’s business community dealing with the pandemic, the City established the Delaware Business Recovery Grant 2.0 Program. This program was created due to the original program’s success and the continued need under the public health emergency by businesses to address economic losses and to assist small businesses experiencing economic losses caused by the continuing pandemic. This program will provide an outright grant reimbursement for eligible business owners for expenses directly attributable to the COVID-19 crisis.

In just two weeks, the program was able to get grant money headed Olivina’s way.

Owner Chris Schobert said “The City of Delaware came through again! The application process and working with the economic development team was painless. The Recovery Business Grant 2.0 program is an amazing opportunity for Olivina that will help us sustain business expenses and recoup inventory through the holiday. We couldn’t even comprehend what we would do with back payments we owed; the grant is a life saver right at the time we needed it the most!"

Applications received are continuing to be processed, with several other award letters being presented this week. The program guidelines and application can be found on our website at www.delawaremeansbusiness.com 

Original source can be found here.

Source: City of Delaware