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Wexton Encourages Local Restaurants to Pre-Register for American Rescue Plan Relief Program
Washington,
April 30, 2021
Sterling, VA – Today, Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) announced that restaurants in Virginia-10 will be able to apply for direct relief through the Restaurant Revitalization Fund beginning Monday, May 3, at 12:00 p.m. ET. Applicants can register on the U.S. Small Business Administration application portal beginning today, Friday, April 30. The $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund was created by the American Rescue Plan that Rep. Wexton helped pass last month. “Our local restaurants are the lifeblood of our communities and have borne the brunt of COVID’s economic fallout. Even now as we see the light at the end of the tunnel of this crisis, many are hanging on by a thread,” said Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton. “I’m proud to say that help is now here for Virginia’s small restaurants thanks to the American Rescue Plan. The Restaurant Revitalization Fund provides targeted aid to help restaurants make up for the devastating loss of revenue over the past year and keep employees paid and their doors open. I encourage all Virginia-10 restaurants, breweries, wineries, distilleries, caterers, and more to take advantage of this crucial federal relief program.” The Restaurant Revitalization Fund will provide restaurants and other eligible businesses with funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue loss up to $10 million per business. The relief does not have to be repaid, provided that the funds are put toward eligible uses by March 11, 2023.
The Restaurant Revitalization Fund application portal can be accessed at https://restaurants.sba.gov/requests/borrower/login/. Participating POS providers include Square, Toast, Clover, NCR Corporation (Aloha). Entities that work with Square or Toast do not need to register beforehand on the portal. Entities eligible to apply:
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