Businesses in need of signage, stickers and barriers are getting a financial break from the Rainy River Future Development Corp. The newly announced Covid Safety Protocol Project will provide up to $5,000 in a non-repayable contribution, to offset the costs of operating under any new or existing COVID protocols, which were put in place after March 1, 2020. The funds can cover costs already incurred, or be put towards any new modifications needed under COVID protocols.
Eligible expenses include:
- Customer and employee safety installations such as distancing signs for floors
- COVID-19 posters and displays
- Acquisition of barriers
- Widening of aisles
- Plexiglass and partitions, signage, and other business restructuring or equipment purchases required in support of adaptations that may be required
The funding is available until March 15, 2021, for businesses which fall under the following criteria:
Eligibility:
- A SME (Small, Medium Enterprise) ie. retail shops, restaurants, corner stores, etc., and businesses of strategic importance to the community.
- Small and medium-sized enterprises are defined as having less than 500 employees.
- Applicant has confirmed and attested that no other funding has been accessed for the same purposes and utilization that the Covid Safety Protocol Project is set out to fund.
- The SME must have been viable as of March 1, 2020.
- SME was Established before March 1, 2020.
