{"id":12176,"date":"2024-07-16T14:01:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T18:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/?p=12176"},"modified":"2024-07-16T15:00:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:00:13","slug":"16-2-million-to-support-small-businesses-and-community-revitalization-in-every-maryland-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2024\/07\/16\/16-2-million-to-support-small-businesses-and-community-revitalization-in-every-maryland-county\/","title":{"rendered":"$16.2 Million in DHCD Funding to Support Small Businesses and Community Revitalization in Every Maryland County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On July 9, Governor Wes Moore announced that the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development awarded more than $16.2 million to assist small businesses and support local revitalization projects and activities. Grants from the Business Boost Microgrant Program, the Main Street Improvement Grant, and Project Restore 2.0 will provide funds to 121 businesses, local governments, and place-based economic development organizations to spur community revitalization by attracting, retaining, and expanding small businesses, as well as through the promotion of local, cultural attractions and events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommunity growth and business growth are inextricably linked. When we invest in our small businesses, we invest in the neighborhoods they serve and the Marylanders they employ,\u201d\u00a0<strong>said Gov. Moore<\/strong>. \u201cToday, we take an important step toward building a more competitive economy and a more vibrant state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read the below press releases for more information about projects across the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2024\/07\/16\/state-of-maryland-awards-more-than-3-4-million-to-assist-small-businesses-and-empower-community-revitalization-on-the-eastern-shore\/\">Eastern Shore<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>$3,419,141<\/strong> will provide funds to <strong>28<\/strong> businesses, local governments, and place-based economic development organizations.<\/li>\n<li>In <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2024\/07\/16\/state-of-maryland-awards-nearly-7-9-million-to-assist-small-businesses-and-empower-community-revitalization-in-central-maryland\/\">Central Maryland<\/a><\/strong>, nearly <strong>$7.9 million<\/strong> will provide funds to <strong>56<\/strong> businesses, local governments, and place-based economic development organizations.<\/li>\n<li>In <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2024\/07\/16\/state-of-maryland-awards-more-than-1-3-million-to-assist-small-businesses-and-empower-community-revitalization-in-western-maryland\/\">Western Maryland<\/a><\/strong>,<strong> $1,310,000<\/strong> will provide funds to <strong>seven<\/strong> businesses, local governments, and place-based economic development organizations.<\/li>\n<li>In <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2024\/07\/16\/state-of-maryland-awards-more-than-750000-to-assist-small-businesses-and-empower-community-revitalization-in-southern-maryland\/\">Southern Maryland<\/a><\/strong>, <strong>$753,600<\/strong> will provide funds to <strong>six<\/strong> businesses, local governments, and place-based economic development organizations.<\/li>\n<li>In the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2024\/07\/16\/state-of-maryland-awards-nearly-2-9-million-to-assist-small-businesses-and-empower-community-revitalization-in-marylands-capital-region\/\">Capital Region<\/a><\/strong>, more than <strong>$2.9 million<\/strong> will provide funds to<strong> 24<\/strong> businesses, local governments, and place-based economic development organizations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 9, Governor Wes Moore announced that the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development awarded more than $16.2 million to assist small businesses and support local revitalization projects and activities. Grants from the Business Boost Microgrant Program, the Main Street Improvement Grant, and Project Restore 2.0 will provide funds to 121 businesses, local<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/2024\/07\/16\/16-2-million-to-support-small-businesses-and-community-revitalization-in-every-maryland-county\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":242,"featured_media":12178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[285],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-features"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/242"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12176"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12181,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12176\/revisions\/12181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dhcd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}