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Press release from the City of Eureka:

The City of Eureka has two programs using ARPA funds to support small businesses in Eureka.

The first is the Eureka Small Business Bridge Program. The City has set aside $500,000 to provide rent relief grants up to $7,500 for small businesses, to pay unpaid and pending rent from January 1st through April 30th.

To be eligible for this program, businesses must meet the following eligibility requirements: 

• They must be a for-profit business or a non-profit entity that has been negatively affected by the pandemic
• Applicants must have had a 20% or more reduction in gross revenue resulting from COVID-19
• The business owner must live in Humboldt County.
• The physical commercial address must be in Eureka, and must have a valid City of Eureka business license.
• Business must have 20 or fewer full-time employees including the business owner (Businesses may include part-time employees in its full-time equivalent count, 2 half-time employees = 1 full-time employee). Sole-proprietors and single-person companies are eligible.
• Businesses must have been in business as of March 1, 2020.
• Businesses with active code violations and home-based businesses are not eligible, and individuals that own or have interest in more than one business will be limited to one grant.

To view the program and application, please click this link.

For additional information please contact:

Christine Tyson
ctyson@ci.eureka.ca.gov
707-441-4178

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The second is the Eureka Art & Culture COVID Grant. The City of Eureka has set aside $130,000 to provide grants of up to $7,500 to support eligible art & culture related entities located within the City that have been affected by COVID-19 in order to support their continued operation. The deadline for applications is April 1st.

To view the program and application, please click this link.

For additional information please contact:

Swan Asbury
sasbury@ci.eureka.ca.gov
707-268-1830