Local Business Owners Receive Grants, New Cycle Is Open In Cumberland County

Press release from Cumberland County:

Oct 05, 2020

During and after their regular meeting on Monday, Oct. 5, the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners presented local businesses with Small Business Resiliency Grant checks.

Five recipients received checks at the Judge E. Maurice Braswell Cumberland County Courthouse:

• Competition Auto, Inc.
• Cumberland County Roasters, LLC
• Just Like Mom, LLC
• Itzaduzie, Inc.
• Megaplay, LLC

In May 2020, Cumberland County Community Development established a Small Business Resiliency Grant Program to assist qualified local businesses that have suffered economic hardship because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the first grant cycle, 22 local businesses have received notice of awards.

New Grant Cycle Open
Community Development opened a new grant cycle in August for the initiative.

The Small Business Resiliency Grant Program is supported by Community Development Block Grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The initiative provides grants up to $10,000 and targets small for-profit businesses with 10 or fewer full-time equivalent employees. The goal is to help businesses retain employees and maintain economic stability during the crisis.

To be eligible, businesses must operate within the Cumberland County geographic service area (*not within the City of Fayetteville). This includes the unincorporated areas of the county, as well as the towns of Eastover, Falcon, Godwin, Hope Mills, Linden, Spring Lake, Stedman and Wade.

To learn more, visit the Small Business Resiliency Grant Program link on the Community Development page on the Cumberland County website at co.cumberland.nc.us.

This press release was produced by Cumberland County. The views expressed are the author's own.