The City of Waynesboro has received a $100,000 grant from the state to help small businesses with e-commerce, consultant services and facades in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Virginia Statewide Business District Resurgence Grant is for businesses located downtown or in neighboring areas.
“Through a series of competitive grants these funds will enable us to provide advanced business services, façade design services, and façade improvement grants to small businesses that normally would not be able to afford them which will help advance them to the next level of success,” said Greg Hitchin, director of economic development and tourism for Waynesboro.
Building on the successful 2022 resurgence grant, this grant will provide support for small businesses to help move them to their next level of capacity with more sophisticated assistance.
It will also expand the current façade grant program to a larger area which will cover a greater number of women-owned, minority-owned and immigrant-owned businesses.
Program details and applications is online at www.growwaynesboro.com/business-resurgence-grant/.
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Crystal Graham
