BUSINESS GRANTS AVAILABLE

The application process for $2,500 grants available to assist for-profit small businesses in Escambia County or the City of Pensacola begins at 8am today. The closing deadline is Monday, April 27 at 5 p.m. The Florida Small Business Development Center at UWF will assist eligible for-profit businesses with no more than 20 employees applying for the grant if they were established on, or before January 1, 2019 and have had to reduce or eliminate services and have a reduction in sales revenues of 25% or greater because of COVID-19. Go to the Florida Small Business Development Center website at University of West Florida for more information or to download the application.