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16 | Community Facebook.com/TheReporterNewspapers ■ twitter.com/Reporter_News City to help businesses operate outdoors in pandemic winter Continued from page 1 keeping businesses open and this is another step,” Mayor Lynn Deutsch said. ’’This fo cuses on helping employers keep people employed and their doors open.” “This is just positive, good news,” said City Councilmember Joe Seconder. “We all need some good news these days. This is just awesome and could be a differentiator by i first community mortgage ■ Construction Loans ■ Renovation Loans ■ Purchase and Refinance ■ First Time Homebuyers ■ FHA and VA Loans ■ Jumbo Loan Specialist Terms and conditions apply. Loan approval and terms are dependent upon borrower’s credit, documented ability to repay, acceptability of collateral property, and FCM underwriting criteria. t=l BROOK BENTON AVP, BRANCH MANAGER NMLS# 6049 3490 Piedmont Rd. N.E., Suite 1350 Atlanta, GA 30305 FCM NMLS ID 629700 J Mobile 678-643-0864 hZM Brook.Benton@fcmhomeloans.com creating an environment where everywhere you go for dinner in Dunwoody, you'll have a nice, warm place to sit outside.” The grant funding comes from the city’s COVID war chest. The city in August se cured about $5.6 million in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act money. According to a press release, the maximum matching grant for each business is $5,000 and applications will be reviewed by the Dunwoody Economic Development De partment. Businesses can apply online at dunwoodyga.gov. “We’re getting a lot of demand from not just restaurants, but other businesses as winter is coming,” city Economic Development Director Michael Starling said. “Most of them think, obviously, that coronavirus is not going to go away. It’s just getting worse. And to continue operating, they need some help. So our idea is to have this $150,000 to be able to match investment from them.” In October, the city doled out $400,000 in grant dollars to eight nonprofit organiza tions as part of a program to assist residents hit the hardest by by the pandemic. The A1 Fresco grant funding was one of four economic assistance programs council members approved at the Nov. 9 meeting. All four are bankrolled with CARES Act dollars. Among them were a $1 million small business assistance program, a $250,000 entre preneurship program and $100,000 dedicated to a tourism and marketing campaign. The winterization program is just one of several efforts the city has made to assist pandemic-hit businesses in recent months. The cities of Dunwoody and Sandy Springs in September combined forces on “Let’s Do Lunch,” a marketing campaign intended to boost local restaurants struggling in the pandemic economy — especially those hit by the loss of lunchtime business as people work remotely. In August, the city permitted temporary signs for businesses in the Dunwoody Vil lage area around Chamblee-Dunwoody and Mount Vernon roads. ROWN HHIS as VillagTtax<break'“>! "■“•■fahrShr? masterplan os are hm-rfo,,A Baseball leaf i .id '"“'Oman Poimete ™ u Se/lolds athletic field pn llisSSps; ; NOTHING Brookhaven Reporter Our advertising in Reporter Newspapers has helped grow our business since we opened in 2012. We have gotten great response. Customers often come in with our ad in hand so we know that they have seen it in the Reporter.” - Tisha Rosamond, Nothing Burnt Cakes Reporter Newspapers Published by Springs Publishing LLC. 58,000 copies delivered to homes and businesses in Atlanta’s best communities For advertising information, call 404-917-2200 ext: 130
