Pamplin Media Group – West Linn offers fourth round of business grants

Nearby entrepreneurs can obtain up to $2,500 in funding from the city’s ARPA allocation.

The metropolis of West Linn ideas to distribute $75,000 to local companies in the coming weeks in a fourth spherical of grants to simplicity COVID pandemic impacts.

The town is accepting applications from neighborhood enterprises with a West Linn license for grants of $2,500 and $1,000. Brick-and-mortar companies are eligible for $2,500 and at-house corporations are qualified for $1,000.

The City Council specified $225,000 from the American Rescue Strategy Act for company aid in 2022. The metropolis will follow this round of grants with two far more, each totaling $75,000, later on this 12 months.

When the recent grants are for standard small business needs, the up coming spherical will specifically aid companies with marketing and advertising, complex support and facade enhancements.

“This is for ongoing enterprise recovery guidance,” stated Alena Schnarr, West Linn’s enterprise assistance and financial development coordinator. “Enterprises are sharing with us how they would use the cash and what’s heading on with them.”

Corporations need to implement by 5 p.m. Might 31. Purposes and more information can be identified on-line at westlinnoregon.gov/finance/enterprise-recovery-grant-spherical-4. The metropolis aims to notify grant recipients of their award the third 7 days of June and distribute the money by early July.

All West Linn corporations are welcome to utilize, together with people that have beforehand gained funding. If the quantity of applicants outpaces the amount the town has to give, the metropolis will prioritize which enterprises to give grants to primarily based on a selection of elements like which businesses previously have received grants from the metropolis and how very long the business has been in West Linn.