[MainstreetManagers] The HartBeat of Main Street Grant Program: Applications Open

Mon Jul 27 16:59:38 CDT 2020

Good afternoon Main Street.  You should have received this email for the HartBeat of Main Street Grant Program, but here it is if you didn’t.  Round 1 is for up to 500 applications which will be accepted July 27, 2020 through 11:59 PM PT August 23, 2020, or until we reach the maximum amount of 500, whichever comes first.  Applicants may apply for any amount between $5,000 and $15,000.  Please share with your local businesses.

Have a good evening,
Buffy

Buffy Hughes
State Main Street Director
Oklahoma Department of Commerce
900 N. Stiles Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73104
E: Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov
P: 405.815.5249
C: 405.664.1260
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We're thrilled to announce that applications are now open<https://mainstreet.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=881199cb2d0b2894c01ba06c1&id=d2007f01dd&e=77bcdf6867> for the HartBeat of Main Street Grant Program<https://mainstreet.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=881199cb2d0b2894c01ba06c1&id=015432c473&e=77bcdf6867>. They will continue to be accepted until 11:59pm PT Sunday, August 23 or until 500 applications have been submitted, whichever is sooner. We will hold subsequent grant rounds to accept additional applications later this summer.

In partnership with The Hartford<https://mainstreet.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=881199cb2d0b2894c01ba06c1&id=7b9ed52f69&e=77bcdf6867>, the grant program will fund solutions that help small brick-and-mortar business owners respond and adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, and also help to revitalize and strengthen older and historic downtown commercial districts. A minimum of 50 percent of grants will benefit diverse-owned businesses, as defined by the Small Business Administration as minority, woman, veteran, disabled, and/or LGBTQ-owned.

Learn more about small business eligibility requirements and eligible grant expenses on our website<https://mainstreet.us13.list-manage.com/track/click?u=881199cb2d0b2894c01ba06c1&id=606fde2c60&e=77bcdf6867>. Please contact hartbeat at savingplaces.org<mailto:hartbeat at savingplaces.org> with any questions.

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Grant applicants are not required to be customers of The Hartford. Applications will be weighed and grants awarded without consideration of applicant’s being or not being a present, past, or prospective customer of The Hartford.
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