City of Rockford issued the following announcement on May 13.
The City of Rockford has remaining funds available from its Hospitality Grant and will be reopening a limited application window to eligible businesses that did not apply in the initial application period. There are approximately $24,000 available. Applications must be received by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. The City intends to award up to five awards of approximately $5,000 based on the funding formula and available funding. The City will conduct a random lottery to determine recipients from eligible applicants.
Eligibility Requirements:
• Applicant’s business must be located within Rockford city limits
• Applicant’s business must have 18 months of Metro Tax records on file with the City of Rockford (regardless of length of ownership)
• Applicant’s business must have experienced a significant disruption in service due to the COVID-19 public health pandemic based on Metro Tax filings (2020 vs 2019 avg monthly revenues decrease lesser of $5000 or 10% - April 1 – August 31)
• Applicant has DUNS # and is registered with 
SAM.gov. Applicants not registered with SAM.gov should begin that process immediately.
For more information and to apply, visit https://rockfordil.gov/preparing-for-covid-19/
Original source can be found here.
Alerts Sign-up