THENEED FATHER WYLIE’S DAY GIFT IDEAS? SEE LIFE NEWS& STYLE, 1B Covering Wylie and the surrounding area since 1948 ©Copyright 2020 All Rights Reserved. Volume 73 Issue 7 Wylie, Texas • Wednesday, June 17, 2020 • C&S Media Publications • 2 Sections, 14 Pages $1.00 City expands business assistance program By Joe Reavis ated a similar effort to help non- with money from the general for net assistance of $860,000, sole proprietorships. The coun- tions will make presentations to
[email protected] profit organizations that have fund and provided $115,000 and removed some restric- cil removed a provision that al- the council stating their needs. seen request for aid increase to qualifying applicants. The tions from the earlier program. lotted set pools of money to dif- The council conducted a pub- To help businesses recover this year. council had set aside $301,000 Businesses that applied for the ferent sized businesses. lic hearing and lengthy discus- from losses attributed to the Funding for both programs in city funds for the assistance. original grants were ineligible Applications for assistance sion on a proposed development COVID-19 health crisis, Wy- comes from $2.4 million in fed- After awarding grants, city staff if they had received federal will open for two weeks starting on 47.29 acres on Country Club lie City Council last week re- eral funds allocated to the city determined that business assis- relief funds, but now they are Friday, June 19, and are to be road, south of Parker Road, that newed a financial assistance through the Coronavirus Aid, tance qualified for federal funds eligible for the city program if screened for eligibility.