- June 22, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
WATERTOWN — Small businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic can start applying for $10,000 grants from the city Friday.
The city is kicking off a program this week to use $450,000 in CARES Act funds to help local small businesses impacted by the pandemic.
The city is allocating $10,000 grants to each of 45 businesses. To qualify, the businesses must be located in the city, independently owned and not a franchise or corporately owned chain.
Mayor Jeffrey M. Smith thinks the grants will help businesses in the hospitality industry that were closed or were reduced to limited capacity because of the state’s social distancing guidelines.
“Cities usually can’t help businesses like this,” Mayor Smith said.
The City Council on Monday night approved amending the city’s CARES Act program, so it could offer the grants. The city obtained $822,452 in the federal program to put together a program to help those who were hurt by…
