Here are the southwest IL businesses that got up to $20k to help with COVID losses
More than $1 million went to businesses in southwestern Illinois hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic in the first round of grants from a new state stimulus program.
The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity awarded $46 million to 2,600 businesses statewide in either $10,000 or $20,000 grants. Statewide, roughly 40% of the grants went to businesses in disproportionately impacted areas, or places severely affected by COVID-19 and the virus’ disastrous economic effects.
A total of 66 businesses received grants in the southwestern Illinois counties of Bond, Clinton, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Randolph, St. Clair and Washington. Of those grants, 57% went to businesses in disproportionately impacted areas locally. In the metro-east, those areas include East St. Louis, Cahokia, Venice and Lebanon, among other small municipalities.
More than half of the grants went to restaurants and bars. Salons, spas, wineries and a bowling alley also received grants.
Most businesses received a $20,000 grant, while 40% received the $10,000 grant. Businesses in O’Fallon, Alton and Waterloo received the most grants with six each, followed by Belleville with five grants. Jerseyville, Fairview Heights and Edwardsville received four each, and Highland, Troy, Godfrey and Chester each got two. Business in the rest of the cities that saw a grant received one.
Here’s a full list of businesses that received grants in the metro-east.
Public health officials on Thursday announced 1,834 new confirmed cases of coronavirus statewide, including 24 additional deaths for a total of 200,427 cases and 7,696 deaths since the pandemic began.
This story was originally published August 13, 2020 at 12:22 PM.
