Rantoul Area Chamber of Commerce issued the following announcement on Nov. 18.
The Village of Rantoul has a Business Economic Support Grant Program for businesses who had COVID-19 related expenses. We would like to encourage everyone to apply!
Program Guidelines:
• Business location must be within the Village of Rantoul Corporate Limits.
• Eligible businesses are those that employ at least two (2) full time employees
• Business must operate from a business building, that is not a residential structure.
• Businesses annual revenue from 2019 must not have exceeded $5,000,000
• Business must be currently open and has to have been open for at least 6 months within the 2020 calendar year.
• Business cannot have received funding through the State of Illinois Business Interruption Grant (BIG) Program.
• The business must be operating legally in accordance with all federal, state and local laws and regulations and current with all Village taxes, fees and licenses.
• Designed to reimburse qualifying COVID-19 related expenses incurred by a business between March 1, 2020 and December 30, 2020.
• Eligible expenditures of grant funds include: hydrostatic wands; ventilation improvements (ex. UV Filtration, MERV-13+ filters); contactless water faucets and fixtures; plexiglass or acrylic dividers; purchase or rental of tents for outdoor dining or retail services; outdoor heating equipment; personal protective equipment for employees or customers; deep cleaning supplies or services; software or technology designed and used to limit physical contact; labor costs of installation of any of these items. • Funds will be awarded as program budget allows. It is anticipated that a total of approximately $150,000 in funds will be budgeted for this program.
• The amount the program is able to approve will not always be equal to the maximum grant amount due to the overall availability of funds.
(A business that is only temporarily closed due to state mitigation restrictions is still considered operational and eligible to apply)
More information and application here: https://www.village.rantoul.il.us/DocumentCenter/View/7367/Business-Economic-Support-Grant-and-Application?bidId=
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