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Anoka County Business Relief Grant Program Anoka County will offer a business relief grant program to support local businesses impacted by COVID-19. Grants will be awarded in an amount not to exceed $10,000. Applications will be accepted electronically during a 10 day time frame beginning at which time the County's administrator will evaluate the applications. Application will be made available in Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Arabic and Russian. In addition, application technical assistance will be available through Anoka County Regional Economic Development Department and additional technical assistance providers. Grants will be awarded based upon the extent of hardship and need. Grant Amount: Grants will not exceed $10,000 to cover eligible expenses incurred as a result of the COVID pandemic after March 1, 2020 (see list of eligible use of grant funds below). Recipient must submit a list of COVID related expenditures during the application review process. The total amount of CAREs Act funds allocated towards the Anoka County business relief grant program will be equitably distributed among each of the seven county districts based upon economic hardship and need. Eligibility Criteria: • Applicant must be locally owned and operated with a physical establishment in Anoka County. If there is a parent company or a second location outside of Anoka County, only the entity located in Anoka County will be eligible. • Applicant must be able to demonstrate financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. • Applicant entity must be majority owned by a permanent resident or corporation of Minnesota. • Applicant must be in good standing with the Minnesota Secretary of State and the Minnesota Department of Revenue as of January 1, 2020. If there is an issue pending with the Minnesota Secretary of State, Applicant may still apply for the grant, but will need to demonstrate the issue has been satisfactorily resolved in order to be eligible and receive grant funds. • If required, Applicant must be licensed, in good standing. • Applicant must be current on property taxes. • Applicant must employ 50 or less employees as of January 1, 2020. • Applicant must have been in operation 12 months prior to application. o Anoka County will not disqualify an applicant if there was an ownership change and the business remained in operation within 12 months prior to application. • Applicant must disclose all federal, state or local grant or loan applications for which applicant has applied which has been received or remains pending at the time of application. Wage