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Small Business Grants Awarded to Six

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Created: 11 January 2022
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[January 10, 2022 NORTH WILKESBORO, NC] The Downtown North Wilkesboro Partnership recently awarded it’s Small Business Micro Grant to six local businesses. Holland Clothing, Taupe Gallery, Top Knot Salon, Copper Barrel Brew Haus, Wilkes County Insurance Agency, and Arlene and Friends all received funding. The Small Business Micro Grant program opened November 8, 2021 to eligible businesses with fewer than 20 employees, full or part-time.

In September, the Partnership was awarded $25,000 from Duke Energy’s Hometown Revitalization Grant program to be used to establish a small-business support microgrant. Partnership grants range from $500 to $2,500 per individual business and are intended to help them recover or pivot as a result of the pandemic.

Grant recipient plans include installing a drive-thru window, enhancing company website, expanding online sales, beautifying business façade and investing in additional advertising.

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Downtown North Wilkesboro is a North Carolina Main Street community, designated by the N.C. Department of Commerce Main Street & Rural Planning Center. The Downtown North Wilkesboro Partnership, Inc. is charged with administering the program at the local level and building public-private partnerships to spur economic development that achieves measurable results such as investment, business growth, and job creation.

As a Main Street America Affiliate™, the Downtown North Wilkesboro Partnership, Inc. is part of a national network of more than 1,200 neighborhoods and communities that share both a commitment to creating high-quality places and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development.