The Washington State Department of Commerce recently awarded small businesses in 13 counties across the state $286,000 in grants to help them meet financial obligations. | Pixabay
The Washington State Department of Commerce recently awarded small businesses in 13 counties across the state $286,000 in grants to help them meet financial obligations. | Pixabay
The Washington State Department of Commerce recently awarded $286,000 in grants to small businesses with 10 or fewer employees in the latest round of the Working Washington Small Business emergency grant program.
The grants will assist businesses in 13 counties across the state, including 20 businesses in San Juan County, in meeting their obligations for rent, utility bills, supply purchases and other operating expenses, according to a press release from the Department of Commerce.
More than 1,500 businesses across the state are expected to receive a total of $9.7 million through the program.
“As we continue to limit interactions in our fight against COVID-19 and plan for safe reopening of our economy, businesses are working hard to adjust to a ‘new normal’ and we need to be there for them,” Department of Commerce Director Lisa Brown said in the press release. “These grants are helping our smallest Main Street businesses keep their doors open and paychecks coming to their employees.”
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