{"id":12666,"date":"2024-07-18T16:01:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T16:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?p=12666"},"modified":"2024-07-18T16:01:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T16:01:59","slug":"county-allocates-2-25-million-in-american-rescue-plan-funds-to-support-small-business-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2024\/07\/18\/county-allocates-2-25-million-in-american-rescue-plan-funds-to-support-small-business-initiatives\/","title":{"rendered":"County allocates $2.25 million in American Rescue Plan funds to support small business initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"
Durham County has allocated $2.25 million to two local nonprofits to provide a network of resources to support small businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n Forward Cities<\/span><\/a> received a $1.5 million award to administer a program called E3 Durham which will provide assessment and referral to partner organizations, strategic coordination of service providers, monthly events and other services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Knox Street Studios<\/span><\/a>, awarded $750,000, will offer direct services through accelerators, incubators and counseling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The county allocated funds for these two nonprofits using money from the American Rescue Plan Act.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n All services offered by both nonprofits will be available for free to eligible small businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n Articles in The 10th Street Journal are generated by AI and reviewed by human editors.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Durham County has allocated $2.25 million to two local nonprofits to provide a network of resources to support small businesses. More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[395],"tags":[394],"class_list":["post-12666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-10th-street-journal","tag-the-10th-street-journal","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n