30 DECEMBER 2019 I LIC COURIER I www.qns.com
BY ANGÉLICA ACEVEDO
Sunnyside’s Business Improvement
District, Sunnyside Shines, has
launched a new Business Assis-tance
MicroGrants program that will
give $10,000 worth of small grants to the
neighborhood’s small businesses.
The program is designed to help select small
storefront businesses with grants of $1,250
each to cover the expenses that will help
them remain competitive and relevant. Eligible
expenses include storefront improvements,
costs associated with scaling up, marketing
tools or upgraded equipment.
Business can also apply for interest-free
business loans of up to $10,000 through
Sunnyside Shines’ partnership with Kiva crowd-funding
platform.
Sunnyside Shines Executive Director Jai-me-
Faye Bean believes this program is the
“very practical, straight-forward assistance
many businesses can use right now.”
To apply to Business Assistance Micro-
Grants, businesses must visit www.sunny-sideshines.
org/news/microgrants. Applications
in Spanish language will be published in the
coming days.
Applications will be accepted until Jan.
15, 2020, with awardees announced by Feb.
29, 2020.
A review panel made up of members of
the Sunnyside Shines Community Advisory
Sunnyside Shines
Helping Small
Businesses Grow
Sunnyside Shines launches Business
Assistance MicroGrants offering small
businesses up to $10,000 in grants
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