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UPDATED: Nearly 110K Virginia businesses received PPP funds
SBA releases data identifying only 16K Va. recipients of forgivable relief loans
The U.S. Small Business Administration has released a list of major recipients of its $659 billion Paycheck Protection Program small business relief program, with exact loan amounts redacted. Of the nearly 110,000 small businesses that received funding in Virginia (including Virginia Business Media LLC), approximately 16,100 businesses in Virginia were named on the list of
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Roanoke County launches small business relief grants
Applicants can receive up to $10K in funding
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The Roanoke County Economic Development Department announced Monday it has launched a $1 million small business grant program to help businesses suffering from COVID-19 closures in the county and the town of Vinton. The program is being funded through the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and will help businesses to cover
300+ Alexandria small businesses receive COVID-19 funding
Grant program hosted by Alexandria Economic Development Partnership
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More than 300 small businesses in Alexandria were funded by the Alexandria Back to Business (ALX B2B) grants program in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership (AEDP) announced Thursday. In May, Alexandria City Council committed $2.4 million from its federal CARES Act appropriations, and allocated an additional $2 million from
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Virginia 30 Day Fund makes 500th grant
The fund has also exceeded $3M in donations
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The Virginia 30 Day Fund, a Charlottesville-based nonprofit, announced Wednesday it has disbursed 500 “lifelines” — or $3,000 forgivable loans — to small businesses in Virginia that have financially struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic. Seeded with $100,000 from tech entrepreneur Pete Snyder and his wife, Burson, the Virginia 30 Day Fund was born to fill
Bristol’s State Street closes reopening gap
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As Blackbird Bakery owner Randall Perkins watched businesses on the Tennessee side of Bristol’s State Street reopen after mandatory coronavirus shutdowns in April, he wondered why Virginia’s state government didn’t allow Bristol, Virginia, businesses to reopen then too – especially given the fact that the city only logged four COVID-19 cases as of mid-June. The
Richmond merchants pick up pieces after protests
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At 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 30, Greg Milefsky stood in the middle of his store on Richmond’s West Broad Street. The windows were broken, and the bikes — both the ones for sale and the ones left by customers for repair — were all gone. “People were coming in and stealing everything that was
United Way of Greater Charlottesville teams up with Va. 30 Day Fund
Funding directed to education centers, minority-owned businesses
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The United Way of Greater Charlottesville announced Monday it has partnered with the Virginia 30 Day Fund with a goal to disburse $100,000 in funding to local early education centers, family day homes and minority-owned businesses facing financial challenges due to COVID-19. The United Way has made an initial $24,000 seed grant to the Virginia
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Charlottesville Chamber releases regional recovery blueprint
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As part of its COVID-19 economic recovery initiative Project Rebound, the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce on Thursday released a blueprint outlining recovery action steps for the business community. Produced by Big Four accounting firm KPMG LLP, the “Blueprint for Economic Resiliency and Reinvention in the Greater Charlottesville Region” maps out recovery action steps based
Loudoun County funds 400 additional small businesses
Businesses were selected at random to receive $5,000 grants
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Loudoun County Economic Development on Tuesday randomly selected 400 local small businesses to each receive $5,000 COVID-19 Business Interruption Fund grants, totaling $2 million. The funding was allocated from the $36.1 million in federal funding to Loudoun County from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. “Nearly 1,100 Loudoun businesses have a better
More small business relief funding on the way in Chesterfield
Grants of up to $10K available for businesses impacted by pandemic
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Chesterfield Economic Development and The Chesterfield Chamber announced Monday that the second round of a small business relief funding program will open on June 29. The $5 million Back in Business funding program provides grants up to $10,000 to businesses struggling during the pandemic. The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors announced in May that it