- June 18, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Diana Bryson is one of nearly 3,000 minority-group small-business who will not receive pandemic financial relief due to an injunction against the U.S. Small Business Administration.
The owner of Tillie’s Pub in Indianapolis said, “I did everything I was supposed to, and now I’m not going to get it.”
The Restaurant Revitalization Fund, worth over $27 billion, prioritizes bar and restaurants owned by women, veterans and minorities. Bryson says she qualified and was approved to receive nearly $153,000 to help stay afloat.
“I am down 65% from 2019 to 2020,” she said. “The playing field of which women are viewed if they’re strong, and men that are viewed if they’re strong, are not equal, and that gap needs to be closed.”
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