BUFFALO, N.Y. — A shade more than 5,000 small businesses applied for Erie County’s Back to Business relief program, which is seeking to award $20 million in grants this month.
Erie County turned to 43North to administer the federally funded program, which exists to help small businesses with 50 or fewer employees survive the Covid-19 pandemic. The application period closed this week.
A consortium of 43North partners – including personnel from M&T Bank, Ernst and Young and the Buffalo Urban League – will now be reviewing the application, a process that includes background checks. The goal is to get money into the hands of local small business owners around Thanksgiving. You can read the full story on Buffalo Business First's website.
