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.