“Small businesses are suffering, really everybody is suffering,” said Josh Shaw, City of Augusta Mananger. “This is a program we talked to the state about and we’re hoping people will be able to benefit from it. The goal is to make sure on the other side of this, small businesses are still around.”
To address the economic consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak, the City of Augusta is establishing the Kansas CDG Small Business Relief Program, which has $438,000 available for loans and grants targeted towards small businesses with the highest risk of closing and/or laying off workers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kansas Department of Commerce has removed many of the traditional CDBG application requirements to expedite the review process. Businesses are at this time not required to provide a business plan, financials, or collateral to secure these grants and loans.
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