Fairfax County Awards Thousands In PIVOT Grant Funding To McLean Area Businesses

MCLEAN, 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. This includes 71 businesses in McLean's ZIP codes.

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, the following were from the McLean area:

Arts Organizations, Museums and Historical Sites

• McLean Project for the Arts ($10,000)
• New Dominion Chorale (10,000)
• The McLean Symphony ($5,000)

Food Services and Food Trucks

• Agora Tysons ($18,000)
• Ahra Kitchen ($18,000)
• Andys Pizza LLC ($18,000)
• Ban Ban Inc. ($18,000)
• Bengbeng Chicken&Grill ($18,000)
• Bourbon Coffee ($18,000)
• Cafe China ($18,000)
• Café America ($18,000)
• Greenberry's Coffee ($18,000)
• Greensboro Cafe Inc. ($18,000)
• Hunan Express ($18,000)
• Ichiban Sushi Restaurant ($18,000)
• Madison Deli ($18,000)
• New Star Asian Bistro ($18,000)
• Sapphire Tysons
• Sophia's Cafe
• Subway
• The Gourmet Basket
• The Union
• Warren Cafe Inc.

Lodging

• DoubleTree Tysons ($126,400)
• Hyatt Regency Tysons Corner ($120,000)
• Staybridge Suites Tysons – McLean ($56,800)
• The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner (159,200)
• Tysons CNR Courtyard Marr ($91,600)

Retail, Services and Amusements

• Ash Salon LLC ($12,000)
• Bloom Salon ($12,000)
• Boro Cleaners ($12,000)
• Chesterbrook Cleaners ($12,000)
• Christopher H Son OD, PC ($12,000)
• Dominion Village Cleaners ($12,000)
• Drs Chang Yi & Negar Tehrani ($12,000)
• Enrico's Cleaners & Tailors ($12,000)
• Epic Pilates, LLC ($12,000)
• Eve & Co Design ($12,000)
• Execu Cleaners ($12,000)
• Fairfax Cleaners ($12,000)
• Hans Mclean Valet ($12,000)
• Hot Yoga Tysons ($12,000)
• Langley Cleaners ($12,000)
• Le Valet Cleaners ($12,000)
• London Hair ($12,000)
• Lumiere Skin And Laser ($12,000)
• Lynn Bono Durbin, Atc ($12,000)
• Lynn Jewelers ($12,000)
• Mclean Chiropractic Rehab And Massage Center ($12,000)
• Mclean Face And Body Spa ($12,000)
• Mclean Shoe Repair, Inc ($12,000)
• McLean Super Cleaners ($12,000)
• Meineke Car Care Center #1943 ($12,000)
• Mesmeralda's, Ltd. ($12,000)
• Modern Nail Studio ($12,000)
• My Gym Children's Fitness Center ($12,000)
• New Blue Ocean Inc. ($12,000)
• Prima Hair And Day Spa ($12,000)
• Professional Touch CLN N SR ($12,000)
• Regency Salon, LLC ($12,000)
• Robert R. Jacobs O.D. PC ($12,000)
• Salon Mark Anthony LLC ($12,000)
• Shoe Shoppe & Tailorcraft ($12,000)
• Simon Shoe Repair ($12,000)
• Springhill Sunoco ($12,000)
• Sterling Optical ($12,000)
• Sun Tailoring ($12,000)
• Tom&Deniz Hair Studo ($12,000)
• Tysons Nail Lounge ($12,000)
• Tysons Tailor Inc ($12,000)
• Vip Cleaners & Tailors ($12,000)

Patch editor Michael O'Connell contributed to this report.