BEGINNING NOVEMBER 1, TEXAS FOOD AND BEVERAGE BUSINESSES CAN APPLY TO THE STATE FOR COVID-19 RECOVERY GRANTS OF UP TO $20,000

TRA LEADS COALITION OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM PARTNERS TO SUCCESSFULLY FUND GRANTS, CREATING ONE OF THE ONLY PANDEMIC RECOVERY PROGRAMS IN TEXAS

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — On November 1, 2022, Texas companies with NAICS Code 722—together with eating places, bars, caterers, and meals vans—can submit their functions on-line for the Texas Journey Trade Restoration Grant Program (TTIR), which is able to present grants of as much as $20,000 to assist native companies get well from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Texas Restaurant Affiliation (TRA) led a coalition representing each side of the hospitality and tourism trade to efficiently advocate for the creation of this program when the Texas Legislature convened late final 12 months. As the most important phase of the hospitality and tourism trade, eating places and different meals and consuming locations obtained the most important subset of this system’s $180 million whole allocation, and that subset turns into obtainable on November 1.

Eligibility to use for the TTIR Program is predicated on a number of components, however importantly, companies that obtained help from the Paycheck Safety Program or comparable restoration packages aren’t disqualified. And for eating places with a number of areas, grants can be found for every qualifying enterprise with a novel Texas Taxpayer ID.

The TTIR Program is being administered by the Texas Financial Growth Workplace inside the Workplace of the Governor. A number of sources can be found to assist companies apply for this system together with an FAQs web page, a webinar on this system, and a video explaining the web software portal. The TRA encourages any enterprise that may be eligible to assessment these sources earlier than the appliance portal opens on November 1.

“Eating places and different foodservice companies confronted unprecedented challenges on account of authorities closure orders and the COVID-19 pandemic,” stated Emily Williams Knight, Ed.D., President & CEO of the TRA. “We’re so happy with the TTIR Program as a result of it is actually the primary of its type in Texas, and whereas the cash will probably fall wanting the necessity, it demonstrates that the State of Texas understands the essential function that the foodservice trade performs and the way in which it was particularly impacted by the pandemic. Many eating places are nonetheless struggling over two years after the pandemic began, and so it is important that we get the phrase out about these grants. For a lot of eating places, this grant program will go a great distance in the direction of serving to them get again on their ft to allow them to proceed to make use of and serve their neighbors for years to return.”

The Texas Restaurant Affiliation thanks its coalition companions who helped champion the TTIR Program: Texas Journey Alliance, Texas Distilled Spirits Affiliation, Theatre House owners of Mid-America, Texas Lodge & Lodging Affiliation, Texas Wine & Grape Growers Affiliation, Texas Campgrounds, Texas Craft Brewers Guild, NFIB Texas, and Dwell Occasions Coalition Texas. We additionally thank the Texas Legislature and Governor’s Workplace for his or her help in creating, funding, and executing this vital program.

SOURCE Texas Restaurant Affiliation