West Side nonprofi t helping local small biz
BY GRANT
LANCASTER
The West Side
Community Fund
is now offering
grants to help small
businesses in Chelsea,
Hudson Yards and Hell’s
Kitchen stay alive during
the COVID-19 pandemic
and the stay-at-home order
that has shuttered
many neighborhood businesses.
Business owners
with 10 employees or
less can apply for the
grants starting April
23 and are eligible for
between $5,000 and
$10,000. The nonprofit
Citizens community
for New York City will
be responsible for distributing
money to the
winners, who will be
announced on a rolling
basis.
The grants are intended
to help business
owners pay rents, insurance,
employee wages
and other costs that
they may struggle to pay
because of the virus’s
economic impact.
“Nobody in our community
has escaped the
hardship brought on by
this virus, which is why
it’s vital that we work
together to preserve
our neighborhood,”
said Michael Phillips,
president of Jamestown
and West Side Community
Fund leader.
Google, Jamestown,
Related/Oxford Hudson
Yards, Tapestry
Inc.’s Coach Foundation,
WarnerMedia
and Wells Fargo Foundation
provided seed
money for the fund’s
grants.
New York Rep. Jerry
Nadler (D – 10) thinks
that the grants are an
essential step to helping
businesses stay
afloat during a time of
crisis, he said.
“While absolutely
necessary to combat the
spread of the virus, it’s
no question that many
businesses — especially
small- and mediumsize
businesses — have
been hurting because
they are operating at a
limited capacity, or in
some cases not at all,”
Nadler said, calling the
grants “a lifeline.”
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