The City of Frederick has opened the application portal for the Back In Business Conditional Microgrant for a third round — with expanded criteria to include eligible local businesses that opened during the pandemic.
The program criteria of Round 3 removes the previous requirement that applying businesses be established prior to July 2019. Any business impacted by COVID-19 that meets all other eligibility requirements and was formally established prior to grant application will now be considered. Newer business applicants will be required to submit supporting documentation substantiating loss due to COVID-19.
Applicants that met the criteria of Round I or Round II but missed previous application deadlines are also encouraged to apply during this round.
The Round Three application window will remain open until 5:00PM on Tuesday, November 10, 2020.
As the search for Frederick’s next Chief of Police continues, Mayor O’Connor has tasked the External Search Committee with developing a comprehensive plan to garner public feedback. To ensure the committee engages various community stakeholders, there are many opportunities for you to share feedback and participate in the process.You are invited to participate in one or all of these forums over the next several weeks:
Take the public survey at frederickmd.gov/chiefsearch. Available in English and Spanish, you can answer the survey in 5 minutes. Paper versions of the survey are available at City Hall if needed and can be returned to the dropbox outside of City Hall along Church St. The survey will close on November 1, 2020.
Participate in a Virtual Community Feedback Session. Consistent with the City’s determination that there will be no in-person meetings, there will be two virtual community feedback sessions to garner feedback.
How to provide comments and feedback during meeting:
Call 301-600-1213
Comments will be limited to five minutes and offered during the public comment agenda item (per usual meeting protocols).
Callers will be placed in a queue upon calling.
Listen to and make comments at Virtual Committee Meetings. Our committee is meeting weekly on Thursday at 11:30a.m.* to discuss the search process. Listen in by calling 929-229-5669 and entering code 58654218#. Public comment is accepted near the end of each meeting.
Submit written comment. Share additional thoughts/questions/concerns along the way here: frederickmd.gov/chieffeedback
Outdoor dining in Frederick County could extend beyond the end
of October, thanks in part to a grant made available by the Frederick County’s
Office of Economic Development, which will allow restaurants to
purchase patio heaters.
Applications for the “Fired Up” grant program are now open and
will close on Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. Restaurants with less than 800 square
feet of space can apply for a $2,700 grant, while restaurants with more
than 800 square feet can apply for a $5,400 grant. The money can be
used to purchase patio heaters and the fuel needed to heat them.
Restaurants can apply at FrederickCountyMD.gov/FiredUpGrants or FrederickCountyMD.gov/OutdoorDining.
The City of Frederick has opened application for a second round of the “Back In Business Conditional Microgrant Program” with expanded eligibility in order to assist additional local small businesses impacted by the economic challenges of COVID-19.
Expanded criteria for Round Two eligibility includes:
Employee count may be up to 50 FTEs (full time equivalent); Maximum award will increase from $6,000 to $11,000
Applicant must be able to show a decrease in July 2020 revenue as compared to July 2019. This is a removal of the Round One requirement to demonstrate 25% loss of revenue for this period.
Applicants may now have received local grants previously via other City/County grants; applicants will have to adhere to guidelines regarding allowable expenditures for which the grant award may be applied.
The ‘Round Two’ application window will remain open until noon on Friday, October 16, 2020.
Full program information and the application can be found at:
A new Indian restaurant has opened at the old Frederick Towne Mall, in the location of the former Ground Round. Taj Mahal Grill & Bar opened on July 9 and has been serving up traditional Indian fare with social distancing measures in place since.
Owner Indarjeet Yadav formerly owned an Indian restaurant in Rockville, which he sold several years ago. He’s lived in Ballenger Creek for the last six years and decided to start another restaurant, this time in Frederick.
The restaurant serves lunch and dinner, and will have a lunch buffet once it becomes safe, Yadav said. They currently serve bottled wine and beer but will soon have a full bar as well as draft beer. The restaurant is still looking to hire kitchen help and a bartender.
Check out more of the interview by the Frederick News Post at :
