- July 20, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
San Mateo County supervisors on Tuesday will consider providing millions of dollars in financial relief for small businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The board will discuss three items related to business relief.
First, they will consider allocating $2 million of American Rescue Plan Act funds for small businesses that have not received other relief funding in the past year.
If approved, the 2021 SMC Strong Small Business Assistance Program would provide 200 grants of $10,000 each to qualifying small businesses.
The program would require businesses to submit a short preliminary application and then grantees will be randomly selected.
Second, the county will consider allocating $500,000 to micro food businesses, such as cottage food operators, caterers, food trucks and food carts.
These businesses will be eligible for grants of $2,500, $5,000 or $10,000 each depending on the type of business. To be eligible, businesses…
