- July 7, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Riverside trustees last month gave the go-ahead for waiving a number of fees as incentives to anyone looking to open a new sales tax-generating business in the village in 2021.
The fee waivers were proposed by Village Manager Jessica Frances as part of a continuing response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has impacted many local businesses.
Earlier this year, the village board approved waiving liquor license and outdoor dining license fees to help restaurants and bars hit hard in 2020 and part of 2021 by pandemic restrictions.
In addition to those fees, Frances proposed several other business fee waivers in 2021 to incentivize businesses to open in Riverside.
“While it’s not a significant dollar amount [in terms of revenue for the village], I think it would be very significant to those new businesses,” Frances told village trustees at their June 17 regular business meeting.
Among the fees waived for new businesses will be the…
