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Caroline County Awards First to have this help.” Per Federal guidelines, if your business has
received any Federal COVID-19 assistance you are not eligible
COVID19 Small Business/ for these grants.
Emergency Relief Grants Additional grant information is available at www.

carolinebusiness.com. Round two applications are accepted
On June 1, the County Commissioners and Economic until 4:30 p.m. on July 13.
Development announced $2.2 M in federal grant funding
available for small businesses with disrupted operations due

to COVID-19. In the first round, 75 applications were received,
resulting in over $640,000 in grants awarded. The second round

of grant applications is underway now.
“It was very important to the Commissioners and Economic
Development to provide support to small businesses in
Caroline County after the COVID-19 response,” said Debbie

Bowden, Director of Economic Development. “Our team works
toward a mission of helping those businesses that need support
to protect them from further economic injury.”

Caroline County Commissioners President Larry Porter,
speaking on behalf of the Commissioners said, “I am pleased to

see the positive effect that the first round of grants had on our Left to right: Son Tu from Kim’s Nails, and Katie Callahan,

community. The expediency of the application process allowed Economic Development Coordinator, Caroline County

the business to quickly get funds to aid in their recovery. Th e Economic Development
second round of funding is going on now, and we’re helping
even more businesses be on the mend.”
Caroline County has a variety of businesses that have been
impacted in some way by COVID19. These grants are intended

to provide interim relief complementing actions with bank,

business interruption insurance and financial partners. Lee
Coulby, owner of Terrapin Security, a fully licensed and insured
security system agency says, “I have been amazed by the
support of the Economic Development team. Th e commitment
they showed to helping my business was above and beyond all
of my expectations.”
Grants awarded can be up to $20,000 and used to support
payroll expenses, rent, mortgage payments, utility expense, or
other similar expenses that occur in the ordinary course of
operations. The grants are intended to fill the gaps for those Left to right: Debbie Bowden, Director of Economic

who did not qualify for federal assistance. Janice Clere from Development and Janice Clere from What’s New Shop in
What’s New Shop said, “I feel so blessed and am so appreciative. Denton
I have been in business for 38 years and I just feel so blessed
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Bryan C. Ebling

Board of Education District 1
November 3, 2020
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Left to right: Nick Koski, Nich’s Coffee Shop and Danny Fox,
Authority of Gerald A. Sutton, Treasurer Caroline County Deputy Director of Finance
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