Isle of Wight County was awarded a grant from the Obici Healthcare Foundation’s COVID-19 Response Fund for Counties and Cities and will use the funding to establish the Isle Recover Business Assistance Grant Program aimed at increasing fiscal assistance to businesses impacted by COVID-19 to recover and reopen.  The County’s Department of Economic Development will administer the program.

The grant is one-time financial assistance for eligible, for-profit small businesses (50 or fewer employees) to reimburse the costs of business interruption related directly or indirectly to certain sections of Governor Northam’s Executive Orders 53 and/or Executive Order 55, also known as the “Temporary Stay-At-Home Order.”  Grants of up to $3,000 per business are available. Businesses that have previously received grant funding from the County or other federal grant programs are eligible to apply.

There is a limited amount of funding for this program.  Grant applications will be processed and funded on a first-come, first-served basis upon submission of a complete application and supporting documentation.

• Program Guidelines
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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For more information contact Nicole Talton, Economic Development Coordinator, 757-365-6251 or iowgrant@iwus.net.