Nevada County Awards an Additional 20 Microbusiness Grants

Nevada County has awarded an extra $50,000 in aid funds to twenty microbusinesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. All microbusinesses obtained $2,500 in grant funding. Nevada County has awarded a complete of $107,500 to 43 microbusinesses. 

“Thanks, Sierra Enterprise Council and Nevada County, for creating this chance for our small companies. We’re honored and grateful to be included on this grant allowance and enterprise connectivity,” mentioned Cate Keller of Father Daughter Farm. “We’re a small, family-owned farm. Offering produce solely inside the western half of Nevada county has allowed us to get to know our prospects and neighborhood in a deeply enriching means; nevertheless, with our present financial system, we acknowledged each the necessity and alternative to increase our enterprise. The Nevada County Microbusiness Grant will permit us to put the groundwork to safe a bigger buyer base and, within the close to future, create an extra job right here inside our county.”

“I’m very excited to obtain this grant,” mentioned Deb Foxen, proprietor of Foxen Shuttle, which gives transportation to Sacramento Airport, San Francisco Airport, Reno, or any vacation spot in Sacramento. Deb obtained the concept to start out a transport service throughout a 17-year-long profession transporting troops in Europe. “I’ve been struggling by way of COVID and now the gasoline costs. What an excellent shock! It will assist a lot. Thanks.”

The extra 20 awarded companies reside in Nevada Metropolis, Grass Valley, Penn Valley, and North San Juan. Numerous enterprise sorts included transportation, well being and wellness, salons and spas, different drugs, artists in paint and illustration, cleansing providers, agriculture and farming, childcare suppliers, music studios, and instrument restore.

“This program targeted on supporting the very small companies that assist make Nevada County a particular place to dwell and work,” mentioned Nevada County CEO Alison Lehman. “We acknowledge the creativity, range, and resilience of our neighborhood in these small enterprise proprietor grant awards.”

This system was made doable by the California Workplace of the Small Enterprise Advocate and the California Microbusiness COVID-19 Reduction Grant program that Nevada County utilized to in November 2021. Discover extra details about this system on Nevada County’s Microbusiness Grants web site. Nevada County contracted with Sierra Enterprise Council to manage the applying and supply technical help.