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Shortly after the City of Dickinson granted $200,000 to extend to small businesses, the Dickinson City Council authorized an extra $200,000 in grant money to help businesses through the COVID-19 crisis.
According to The Daily News, the grants were given by the Economic Development Corp.
“We gave out 25 grants in the first round, and we have 33 applications for the next round,” Economic Development Corp. Scott Jones told The Daily News.
Businesses in Dickinson received $7,200 checks to help pay workers and to keep businesses in operation during and after the battle with the COVID-19 crisis. Jones said the money helped businesses like Dickinson Bayou, a fine-dining establishment.
“We’ve given grants to everyone from small salon owners to Marais, the restaurant,” Jones said.
“We didn’t make it need-based, and we spread the wealth out equally over all the businesses that needed it,” Jones told The Daily News. “It didn’t matter if you had one employee or 50, and we didn’t hone the process down to going through their financials.”
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