Next week Burnsville businesses will have the opportunity to apply for new Covid 19 grants.
We will send a Covid update with grant application links and post links on our Covid Resource page as soon as the applications are open.
Dakota County has authorized $10 million in CARES Act funding for small business grants. The grants will be for up to $10,000 and the application is planned to open the week of July 27th.
Eligibility requirements include:
for-profit businesses in Dakota County
50 or fewer FTE
can show a negative sales impact due to Covid 19.
The City of Burnsville has authorized $1 million in CARES Act funding for business grants. The grants will be for up to $20,000 and the application is planned to open on or before August 1.
Link to Full Grant Proposal
Eligibility requirements include:
1. Private, for profit business located and operated in Burnsville (physical presence here) 2. Majority owned by a resident of Minnesota
3. Be in good standing with Mn Dept. of Revenue and Secretary of State Dakota County and the City as of March 1, 2020
4. Demonstrate the business was adversely affected by Executive Orders related to COVID -19 business restrictions
5. Demonstrate Financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 Outbreak
6. May include businesses that have applied for/received any other COVID related federal funding such as the Small Business Administration (SBA) Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) or Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). NOTE- only federally qualified unreimbursed expenses are eligible for local funding.
7. May include home based businesses
8. May be a local franchisee
