Chatham County small business to receive funds due to negative impacts from COVID-19
CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WTGS) — Small businesses within Chatham County can now apply and receive up to $25,000.
The Chatham County Small Business Grant recently received funds that provide one-time funds to businesses that have been affected by COVID-19.
The grant was initially started to award businesses within the county's unincorporated areas. Now all businesses within the county, except within the city of Savannah, are eligible.
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“The Chairman and the board have been diligent about is making sure we are taking care of the small businesses who helped us during those most difficult times. So, we recognize that these individuals and their staff members have been here and have remained in Chatham county and we want to take care of our own. We want to provide them with this opportunity to stay as a provider and a vendor in our community and support them in those efforts to help us to take care of the citizens That we all care about so much,” said Tara Jennings, Chatham County Strategic Planning Administrator.
A list of eligibility requirements is below:
- Be currently in operation and located within Chatham County, with exception of City of Savannah jurisdiction
- Be current on state, federal and property taxes
- Not be suspended or debarred from the use of federal funds
- Not be a chain or a franchise, unless franchise is not a subsidiary of a larger corporation, and the majority of locations are within Chatham County
- Intend to stay in business for the following 12 months
- Show proof of negative COVID-19 impacts
- Have fewer than 100 employees
Officials said the city of Savannah has its own small business grant program.
The application and more about the grant can be found here.
