Small local restaurants wish for a new grant

Some local restaurants might be eligible for a new grant from the U-S Small Business Administration

Local restaurants might be elgible for a new grant from the u-s small business administration... wtvas taylor tucker talked to some restaurant mangers and owners to learn how their business could use the extra money..

Aslive: at aunt b's sould food, theres no one inside because they arent doing inside dinning.

To-go services is their key to staying afloat.

The pandemic changed things for them financially.

But owner thomas woods says a grant could help them.

((sot)) "right now any kind of assistance would be great."

Thomas woods - owner of aunt b's soul food before the pandemic the restaurant was open 7 days a week.

Now, it's only open three days a week.

The change of hours has caused the restaurant to lose money.

Thomas woods- the owner of aunt b's - told me a number of things he could use the grant money for.

((sot)) "food.

Food purchases, paying employees, lights, gas," woods today the community devleopment foundation announced the u.s small business administration is currently working on a grant program to help restaruants, food trucks, bars and other types of restaurant establishments who've struggled during the pandemic..... not only was that music to wood's ears but also for robby curbow, marketing manager for amsterdam deli.

Amsterdam recieved grants earlier this year that helped the business stay on target during the pandemic.

((sot)) "we did accept a ppp grant that kind of helped us take care of some business and payroll and things like that and it helped so much.

We are excited to hear about this new one because we have so many different ideas to put into place to continue building amsterdam up."

Robby curbow - amsterdam marketing manger (bridge - standup)) "one of the ways amsterdam would utilize the grant is to implement a to-go window right outside of their building."

((sot)) "this window right here, if we could have a to go window, no one would have to physically go inside."

Curbow as for woods, he said his hope is for the restaurant to open back up to the public.

A grant could get him one step closer to that goal.... ((sot )) "after that we could get to where we can open up and get back to serving people, what we enjoy doing."

Woods tag: the grant will appear on the small business adminstration website and will open for application in the next few weeks.

Reporting in tupelo taylor tucker wtva 9 news.

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