The James City County COVID-19 Small Business Relief Program is made possible through a Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), which is a federally funded program.
Donor Name: James City County
State: Virginia
County: James County (VA)
City: James City
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): Ongoing
Grant Size: $15,000
Details:
This grant enables James City County to offer financial relief to qualifying small businesses by offering grants for rent/mortgage or utility payments. While limited, and subject to federal guidelines, they hope this program can offer financial support to as many businesses as possible while funding is available.
It is important to note that ONLY rent/mortgage OR utility payments for the applying business are considered qualifying expenses (up to a maximum of 6 CONSECTIVE MONTHS of payments, not to exceed $15,000 total grant request).
Eligibility Criteria
Existing businesses located in James City County are eligible to apply, provided:
- The business has been negatively affected by COVID-19;
- The business was operating prior to March 12, 2020;
- There are James City County business licenses on file for 2020, 2021 and 2022 for the applying business;
- The business was open for business as of the date of this application;
- The business has or had, during the pandemic, 20 or fewer full-time equivalent employees (i.e. four employees working ten hours per week is one full-time equivalent employee);
- The business has certified that no duplication of benefits occurs from other funding sources (i.e. EIDL or PPP);
- The business is locally or regionally owned and is not a corporate-owned national chain; and
- The business is current with all applicable local taxes, permits, licenses and fees.
For more information, visit James City County.
