Main Street America Launches Grant Program for Small Businesses

Main Street America is a program of the nonprofit National Main Street Center, Inc., a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.  They aim to revitalize and sustain historic commercial districts through preservation-based economic development.  They have created a new grant program, in partnership with The Hartford, to offer grants to small busesses dealing with the impacts of COVID-19.  The program is called the HartBeat of Main Street and will provide grants of $5,000 to $15,000 to brick-and-mortar small businesses in commercial districts on a competitive and first-come-first serve basis. 

Applications will be accepted until August 23rd or until 500 applications have been received, whichever is sooner.  For more information and to apply, visit https://www.mainstreet.org/howwecanhelp/hartbeat.