"South Cape Cares Assistance Program" provides financial support for local businesses

Through this program, businesses apply for an up to $5,000 loan to pay for rent and mortgages.

THIS MONTH.AMY SIGEARS WAS RELEASED AFTERPOSTING BAIL.TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY SOMEBUSINESSES IN CAPE CORAL CANBEGIN TO APPLY FOR UP TO5-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN RENT ANDMORTGAGE RELIEF.IT’S CALLED THE "SOUTH CAPECARES ASSISTANCE PROGRAM."BUT THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS TOQUALIFY.FOX 4 SANDRA RODRIGUEZ SHOW USHOW THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO HELPBUSINESSES STAY AFLOAT.0:12 - 0:171:30 - 1:44LL INTRO:BUSINESS I SPOKE WITH HERE INTHE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT OFCAPE CORAL TELL ME GETTING THISLOAN WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFULAS THEY CONTINUE TO GET BACK ONTHEIR FEET AND ’REBOUND’ FROMTHE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS1:24:34(Steve Whitcombe, Owner,Paradise Pizza):"Even now with reopening, thingsaren’t as busy as they used tobe."STEVE WHITCOMBE TOOK OVERPARADISE PIZZA IN DOWNTOWN CAPECORAL NEARLY A YEAR HE SAYSTHINGS WERE RUNNING SMOOTHLYUNTIL THE PANDEMIC HIT1:11:52(Steve Whitcombe, Owner,Paradise Pizza):"We were able to stay operatingselling take out and deliveriesand that helped me to pay thestaff but it still made itdifficult."TO HELP BUSINESS LIKE PARADISEPIZZA STAY AFLOAT━ THE CAPECORAL COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENTAGENCY RECENTLY ESTABLISHED ALOAN PROGRAM OF UP TO $5,000 INRENT OR MORTGAGE PAYMENTASSISTANCE1:01:12(Steve Whitcombe, Owner,Paradise Pizza):"I intend to stay here, andbuild on Paradise Pizza, andgrow it.

A couple months of rentwould be very, very helpful."TO QUALIFY, BUSINESSES NEED TOBE CONSIDERED "NON-ESSENTIAL" BYFLORIDA’S "SAFER AT HOME ACT" --AND FALL WITHIN THE CRA DISTRICTBOUNDARIES1:12:38(Ralph Sangiovanni, Co-owner,Razzle Dazzle):"Like everyone else we wereheavily impacted."RAZZLE DAZZLE HAS BEEN SERVINGTHE CAPE CORAL COMMUNITY FOR 30YEARSAND WHILE THEY MEET THEQUALIFICATIONS NEEDED TO APPLY,SANGIOVANNI SAYS HE AND HIS WIFEDECIDED NOT TO━ KEEPING NEWERBUSINESSES IN MIND47:58(Ralph Sangiovanni, Co-owner,Razzel Dazzel):"We felt that it’s better togive them an opportunity to gettheir feet well established aswe are, we are very fortunate,we have a very strong cliental,and we appreciate that verymuch."MEANWHILE━ WHITCOMBE SAYS HE ISMOVED BY THE COMMUNITY’SSUPPORT4:30:31(Steve Whitcombe, Owner,Paradise Pizza):"I’m very positive because thereare so many great people in CapeCoral that support localbusinesses and that’s veryimportant."LL TAG: