The City of Crookston’s Development, Policy & Review Committee met Friday morning to finalize the recommendation for the first round of small business grants to the City Council. The committee also approved 10 pending applications that submitted additional information the committee had requested from their review meeting on Tuesday.
A total of $750,000 was available for small business grants with $500,000 coming from the City of Crookston’s CARES Act funds which were supplemented by another $250,000 from Polk County’s funds. City of Crookston Finance Director/Interim City Administrator Angel Weasner said more than 30 businesses and organizations were recommended for grants Friday. “We have 32 businesses that will be receiving grants using the CARES Act funding totaling $576,656.02,” said Weasner. “They made the recommendation for City Council, and that will be on the regular agenda Monday, September 28.”
The second round of applications is now open for the remaining funds. “We have applications that will be allowed to be received through October 6,” said Weasner. “We are having the committee meeting on October 7 to review those applications, and hopefully, on October 9 will make a recommendation to City Council once again for the October 12 meeting. We have $173,343.98 for those secondary applications if they total that amount.”
The application can be picked up at Crookston City Hall. During the first round of applications, businesses were to be registered with the Secretary of State, a requirement that won’t carry over to the second round. “You do not have to be registered with the Secretary of State,” said Weasner. “However, you will have to provide proof that you were in business in 2019. So, a tax form of some sort for the IRS like an I90 or Schedule C.”
The Development, Policy, and Review Committee will also review applications for entities outside the City of Crookston during their October meetings. “The county has requested that the city be disbursing an additional $125,000 for business, governments, and entities outside the City of Crookston,” said Weasner. “This committee will also be looking at those applications received prior to October 9.”
Review of the second round of grants for entities within the City of Crookston will begin at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 7 in the Council Chambers at City Hall and a final recommendation will be made to the City Council on Friday, October 9 at a time to be determined.
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