HOST Relief Public Grant Applications Now Available for Shawnee County Small Businesses
TOPEKA, KS – April 8, 2020 – The Greater Topeka Partnership announced today that grant applications for the publicly funded dollars of the HOST Relief Program are now available. HOST, or Helping Others Support Topeka, was created to provide emergency funding to local businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Last Wednesday, the Joint Economic Development Organization (JEDO) approved $1 million in additional grants to provide support to small businesses through the HOST Relief Program. Small businesses will be eligible to receive up to $5,000 in grant money through this program. These grants will be used to complement over $500,000 in private HOST Relief donations that have been raised to purchase gift cards from local businesses.
“I encourage Shawnee County small businesses to apply to the program as soon as possible,” says Glenda Washington, senior vice president of Women & Minority Business Development, a program of GO Topeka. “Numerous community players, in the private and public sectors, came together to make this program possible. The Partnership is doing its part by ensuring that this opportunity is available to all local small businesses that need this added support.”
The grant application is available in both English and Spanish. If you would like a print copy of the application, please call 785.246.6246 (English) or 785.246.6227 (Spanish). The digital copy of the application may be found at SupportTopeka.com/HOST.
About HOST Relief Program
The HOST Relief Program is a small business emergency resource fund that was developed by private sector leaders and is being facilitated by GO Topeka and the Greater Topeka Partnership.
