Business affected by Phase 2 rollback? Pierce County has grants available
Apr. 14—Pierce County has created a business grant program for restaurants, retailers and gyms hit by Monday's announcement that the county will be pulled back a phase in the state's COVID-19 recovery plan.
The county is moving back to Phase 2 of the state "Roadmap to Recovery Plan," which will restrict restaurants, retailers and gyms to 25 percent capacity, down from 50 percent in Phase 3, among other rules.
The Pierce County Council unanimously allocated $4 million for the grants from its biennial $730 million general fund in a Tuesday meeting. It is unclear whether funding set aside in Congress' "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" package will reimburse the county. Pierce County is expected to receive $175 million over the next two years.
"I know that is an issue that is being looked at. We are hopeful as a county ... but there is some measure of risk ...," council staff Hugh Taylor told the council.
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