Tag: SBA

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To help more small businesses, FIU receives $2.5 million SBA grant

Florida International University has received a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Community Navigator Pilot Program. The funds are earmarked for improving underserved entrepreneurs’ access to government programs that provide assistance in launching a new venture, growing a business or managing unexpected business interruptions. The Miami-Dade Small […]

Disaster Preparedness, Economy, Finance

COVID relief: Deadline for Shuttered Venue Operations Grant (SVOG) is Aug. 20

Here is an Aug. 11, 2021 press release with information about the Shuttered Venue Operations Grant program offered by the SBA. The deadline looms: Aug. 20. Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration is announcing a call to all eligible Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) applicants seeking economic aid for live entertainment small […]

Disaster Preparedness, Education

In wake of Surfside tragedy, disaster loans available to impacted businesses

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity announced that financial assistance is now available to small businesses and nonprofits in declared disaster areas after the tragic collapse of the oceanfront condo building in Surfside.. The funds are available through the U.S. Small Business Administration in the form of low-interest Business Physical […]

Disaster Preparedness, Finance, Resources

COVID relief: SBA to distribute $5 billion in grants to hardest-hit small businesses

This just in: The SBA will begin distributing $5 billion in additional grants to small businesses hardest hit by the pandemic. The “Supplemental Targeted Advances” will go to 1 million eligible small businesses, which the SBA will begin contacting over the coming weeks. Even businesses that already received EIDL grants […]

Disaster Preparedness, Economy, Finance

COVID relief: New details about the Restaurant Revitalization Fund

Restaurants and bars are another step closer to getting financial help after experiencing devastating losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The long-awaited opening of the Restaurant Revitalization Fund is now close finat hand. The U,S, Small Business Association has released some key details about the pandemic relief program for the  restaurant […]

Disaster Preparedness, Economy, Finance

COVID relief: Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program opens. What you need to know

UPDATE: The SBA ran into technical difficulties and has paused the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program while it works with the vendor to reopen the program. The Small Business Administration i launched its $16.25 billion Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program today, but the application process will go in steps. The […]

Disaster Preparedness, Economy, Finance

More restaurant relief on way via the Restaurant Revitalization Fund

It’s no secret that restaurants were one of the hardest-hit industries during the COVID-19 pandemic. The newly passed American Rescue Plan Act aims to help restaurants, bars and related businesses with a new grant program called the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. The RRF will offer $28.6 billion in grants to hard-hit restaurants and […]