Tewksbury Small Business Relief Partnership Grant Program

Press release from the Town of Tewksbury:

April 29, 2020

Learn how to submit an application to the Small Business Relief Partnership Grant Program offered by the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office.

The Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General (AGO) has committed $500,000 to assisting municipalities and regional planning agencies with the provision of financial relief to local small businesses most impacted by closures, policies, or general loss of revenue due to COVID-19. Municipalities and regional planning agencies will be awarded funds up to $50,000 per request to administer or supplement a grant program targeting local small businesses that have been impacted by COVID-19.

Grant funds may be used by small businesses to help address fixed debt, payroll, accounts payable, lost sales, lost opportunities, and other working capital expenses that could have been recognized had the COVID-19 pandemic not occurred. Industries include but are not limited to: food service and production; restaurants; bed and breakfasts; housecleaners; laundromat or dry-cleaners; car repair/garage; barber shops/beauty salons; health care and social assistance; and small retail shops.

Funding

Grant awards will be issued in varying amounts up to $500,000. Individual requests may not exceed $50,000. The AGO expects that the entirety of the funds received by the applicant will be earmarked to help small businesses. Further, no portion of the awarded funds may be used to defray any administrative or operational costs associated with delivering these funds. All funding decisions will be at the discretion of the AGO.

Please refer to the full RFP for more information.

Eligibility

Massachusetts municipal governments and Massachusetts Regional Planning Agencies are invited to apply.

Submission Instructions

• Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until funds are depleted.
• Interested applicants may access the application here.
• There will be no applications accepted in any other format.
• New applicants will be asked to create a free online account. Any applicant that has applied for any grant using the online grant management system may log into its existing account.
• Once applicants have started an application, the application may be saved and returned to later.
• Confirmation of Receipt: Applicants typically receive an email confirmation within 48 business hours; if one is not received, please email AGOgrants@mass.gov for further instructions and assistance.

Questions

Questions regarding this RFP may be submitted to AGOgrants@mass.gov. When submitting your question(s), please include “Small Business Relief Partnership” in the email subject line. Questions received and answers provided regarding this RFP will be posted on the AGO’s website here: https://www.mass.gov/service-d....

This press release was produced by the Town of Tewksbury. The views expressed here are the author’s own.