'We're going to work with the next mayor in the city of Chicago to help us.'
Thousands of small businesses in Cook County applied for COVID relief money, but they never saw a dime. That's because the grant program was suddenly postponed.Like many small businesses, Tracy Cairo, co-owner of The Bistro on Sterling in Flossmoor, was hit hard by the pandemic.
It would have awarded $71 million in grants to thousands of small businesses. The funds were made possible by the American Rescue Plan Act. Each business would get $10,000. The Bistro on Sterling is one of many small businesses that applied for the Grow Grant and their application was approved, but Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said a lawsuit was filed against the County, forcing them to put a pause on the program.
Cairo and more than 200,000 other business owners applied, but Cook County said it can only help just over 3,200. But that means only $32.5 million is accounted for. Preckwinkle wouldn't answer how the rest of the money, $38 million, will be used.
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