On January 22, as San Diego residents continue to clean up from heavy rain and flooding, the City of San Diego will provide grants of up to $5,000 to dozens of hard-hit small businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Applications open on Monday and will run until February 27th.
The Business Emergency Response & Resilience Grant is designed to reimburse owners who spent money on cleanup, restoration, lost inventory and revenue during the record-breaking storm that dumped three inches of rain in three hours. It was San Diego's wettest day in January, and the fourth-wettest since record-keeping began in 1850.
Grants are limited and only 100 are available.
Eligible companies must disclose how they were affected by the storm. The city says the grants will be used to reimburse businesses and nonprofits for documented storm-related costs.
To qualify, companies must meet all requirements, including:
- You are in an area that is heavily affected by the San Diego storm.
- Must have 12 or fewer employees.
- Independently owned and operated.and
- Must have a valid city business tax certificate.
Businesses and non-profit organizations located on the first floor will be given priority.
This assistance provides up to $2,500 to businesses and nonprofits, with grants of up to $5,000 available to businesses and nonprofits in federally designated Promise Zones and low- and moderate-income census tracts. Masu.
The program's budget of $370,000 comes from the city's Small Business Empowerment Program.
A link to the application can be found at sandiego.gov/erg. Paper applications are available in his 14th floor lobby at San Diego's Civic Center Plaza (1200 Third Street).
