Falls Church Area Businesses Get Share Of $16M In PIVOT Funding

FALLS CHURCH, VA — Fairfax County Department of Economic Initiatives awarded more than $16 million in PIVOT Grant funding to 1,016 county businesses affected the by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The grant funding was targeted to assist sectors that were most adversely affected by the pandemic. Grants ranging from $1,500 to $207,000 were awarded to business in the hotel, food service, retail and personal services, and arts and culture industries. Grant recipients reported their average loss of revenue between 2019 and 2020 was 40 percent.

"We know that the impacts to our community of this pandemic will last for years, that is why we have to continue to implement programs and opportunities to support our recovery and build a more resilient community," said Jeffrey McKay, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, in a release.

McKay went on to say that the goal of the Pivot grants was to help the businesses to weather current and future economic shocks.

"It's the key to future growth," he said. "In response we instituted a three-pronged approach to helping our small businesses — stabilization with the RISE grant and microloan programs, return to health with the PIVOT grants, and our next program, Fairfax THRIVE, will focus on growth and getting businesses to the next level."

PIVOT is the third business recovery program the county instituted to help businesses bounce back from the negative effects of the pandemic. Along with the Microloan program and the RISE Grant program, the county has distributed more than $70 million to the local business community.

Of the 1,016 Fairfax County businesses to receive PIVOT Grant funding, 85 are located in the Falls Church area of Fairfax County:

Arts Organizations, Museums and Historical Sites

• BalletNova Center for Dance ($10,000)
• Providence Players of Fairfax ($10,000)
• Forever Dancing LLC ($10,000)

Food Services and Food Trucks

• Abay Market & Restaurant ($18,000)
• AlAmanah Market /Iraqi House Bakery & Restaurant ($18,000)
• Bake & flake LLC mamma lavash ($18,000)
• Baskin Robbins ($18,000)
• Denny's Restaurant ($18,000)
• Elephant Jumps LLC ($18,000)
• Glory Days Grill of Barcroft, LLC ($18,000)
• Hong Kong Express ($18,000)
• Ionian Foods Inc. ($18,000)
• Lazy Mike’s Delicatessen ($18,000)
• Ledo Pizza Falls Church ($18,000)
• Mark's Duck House ($18,000)
• Pistone’s Italian Inn ($18,000)
• Present Restaurant ($18,000)
• Shanghai Restaurant ($18,000)
• Sharp 570, Inc. ($18,000)
• Subway ($18,000)
• Tara Thai Restaurant ($18,000)

Lodging

• Budget Inn ($20,800)
• Comfort Inn Arlington Boulevard ($44,000)
• Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park ($158,000)
• Hampton Inn and Suites ($64,000)
• Homewood Suites By Hilton ($42,800)
• Hyatt House Falls Church ($59,200)
• Quarry Inn Motel ($4,800)
• Westin Tysons Corner ($162,800)

Retail, Services and Amusements

• Alamo Flag Company Of Va Inc. ($12,000)
• America Travel Outlet, LLC ($12,000)
• Americas Corporation ($12,000)
• Bakersfield Rugs Inc. ($12,000)
• Boulevard Haircuts Inc. ($12,000)
• Brook Inc. ($12,000)
• Carriage Trade Travel Services ($12,000)
• Corner Therapy Inc. ($12,000)
• Deggi Market and Cafe ($12,000)
• Dental Center of Merrifield ($12,000)
• DR CARWASH ($12,000)
• Dryclean Nova, LLC ($12,000)
• Escape Room LLC ($12,000)
• Fairfax Clinic LLC ($12,000)
• Hair Parris And Barber ($12,000)
• Halim Custom Clothing ($12,000)
• Ho’s Barber And Beauty Salon, Inc. ($12,000)
• Hull Hearing Aid Service Inc. ($12,000)
• Indulge Nails And Spa ($12,000)
• Itouch Repair ($12,000)
• Jack's Auto Body Inc. ($12,000)
• Jegoal Hair Salon ($12,000)
• La Moda Electrolysis And Skin Care ($12,000)
• Lisbeth Beauty Salon ($12,000)
• Lotus Travel Group ($12,000)
• Luxe Eyelash Boutique ($12,000)
• Max 1 Price Cleaners ($12,000)
• Medico Family Clinic, Inc. ($12,000)
• Meekast Corporation ($12,000)
• Merrifield Tailor ($12,000)
• Millennium Mobile LLC ($12,000)
• Modern Shoe Repair & Cleaners ($12,000)
• Mosfafas Clips LLC ($12,000)
• Nail Tek Skyline & Day Spa Inc ($12,000)
• Nails For You ($12,000)
• Nimisha V Patel DDS PLC ($12,000)
• Providence Party Favors LLC ($12,000)
• Secar Auto Wash ($12,000)
• Seven Corners Cleaners ($12,000)
• Seven Corners Medical Research Center ($12,000)
• SILARA INC. ($12,000)
• SKYLINE MART, INC ($12,000.00)
• Sp Auto Services Inc. ($12,000)
• Sunshine Beauty Salon ($12,000)
• The Art Of Massage, LLC ($12,000)
• Thi H. Do, DDS PC ($12,000)
• TIRMA TOURS ($12,000)
• Top Therapy ($12,000)
• True Smile LLC ($12,000)
• Tyson's Station Cleaners ($12,000)
• Vinh Xuan Tran DDS PC ($12,000)
• Washington Diamond ($12,000)
• Wish Salon and Nails ($12,000)
• Won McCarn ($12,000)
• Yanira's Hair Salon ($12,000)
• Yorktown Cleaners ($12,000)