- June 24, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
SAN ANTONIO – After the winter storm in February, Ruth Martin said her insurance company would only cover a portion of the damage to her small business. The rest was up to her.
Martin said she then remembered about the nonprofit, San Antonio for Growth on the East Side.
“Just like an answer to prayer,” Martin said about the help the nonprofit provided her.
Since 2010, SAGE has awarded $1.4 million to more than 150 small businesses, said Lindsey Logan, who oversees the storefront grant program.
Martin learned last week that her small business, My Place Barber and Beauty Salon in the 600 block of North New Braunfels, would be among the latest to receive a grant.
“The grant could not have come at a better time,” Martin said. “Lord knows I needed it in the worst, in the worst way.”
Martin said every pipe and gas line in her salon froze in the frigid storm. Even the cedar post foundation was flooded when the unprotected pipes beneath the building…
