Baltimore County beginning small business grant program amid COVID-19

Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski on Tuesday announced a series of economic relief efforts to support small businesses impacted by COVID-19.

BALTIMORE COUNTY SMALLBUSINESSES.

COUNTY EXECUTIVEJOHNNY OLSZEWSKI ANNOUNCED 10MILLION DOLLARS IN GRANTFUNDING TO HELP THEM STAY OPENOR REOPEN.

WMAR 2 NEWS ABBYISAACS JOINS US FROM TOWSON TOEXPLAIN THE GUIDELINES AND WHOIS ELIGIBLE.úú29:2━40 LOOKLIV━ ITON 7 WEEKS NOW THATRESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN CLOSEDAND DOING PICKUP OR DELIVERYONLY.WITHOUT ANY ECONOMICRELIEF YET, SOME BUSINESSOWNERS ARE FRUSTRATED, NOTEVEN SURE IF THEY CAN APPLYFOR THIS NEW COUTNY GRANT ORIF IT WILL BE ENOUGH.

19:4━47MELONY ITHE OWNER OF CHARLES VILLAGEPUB IN TOWSON, MELONY WAGNERDOESNSHE CAN DO THIS.

22:1━25MELONY Ithat I need to stay open, Ilosing money left and rightday after day after day.

SHESBEEN THERE 30 YEARS.

HERBUSINESS IS SMALL, JUST ONELOCATION.

AND ALTHOUGH SHEAPPLIED, SHE HAS NOT RECEIVEDANY FEDERAL OR STATE AID& BUTRELIEF MAY BE COMING FROM THECOUNTY 1:1━16 JOHNNYBaltimore county is here tohelp TODAY, COUNTY EXECUTIVEJOHNNY OLCHEFSKI ANNOUNCED 10MILLION DOLLARS FOR SMALLBUSINESSES.

OVER 600 SMALLBUSINESSES WILL BE AWARDED 15THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANTS.

TO BEELIGIBLE, THEY HAVE TO HAVEBETWEEN 2 AND 25 EMPLOYEES ANDHAVE RETAINED AT LEAST HALF OFTHEIR WORKFORCE.

3:3━45JOHNNY Thes grants aredesigner for our small mom andpop businesses who have notyet received any federal pppor eidl relief WAGNER SAYS SHEWILL BELIEVE IT WHEN SHE SEESIT& BECAUSE OF A CAP ON THEAMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES, SHE MAYNOT EVEN BE ELIGLBE.23:0━23MELONY If smallbusinesses do not get helpimmediately, it is too littletoo late and to be honest, thecatastrophic loses that wealready sustained, I doneven know how l long it willtake me to come back fromthat.

30:1━22 LOOKLIV━ THEYWILL START ACCEPTINGAPPLICATIONS ON MAY 11TH.INTOWSON ABBY ISAACS WMAR 2NEWS.OLSZEWSKI ALSO ANNOUNCED THECOUNTYCULTURAL ARTS WILL PROVIDE1,000 DOLLAR GRANTS FOR UP TO100 ARTIST, TO HELP THEMRECOUP SOME OF THEIR LOSTINCOME.

THAT APPLICATION WILALSO BE AVAILABLE MAY 11