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THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2020
Grants: Also reached nonprofi ts and
community groups that lost revenue
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of the awardees. Two-thirds
of the businesses were owned
by women.
Staying afl oat
Inzunza said the grant is
helping keep her afl oat even
as she and other restaurateurs
worry about being shut down
again because of rising coro-
navirus infection rates.
“I probably should have
sought help earlier,” Inzu-
nza said. “Thank G od peo-
ple were very supportive.
Our locals were support-
ive. Even when we were just
doing takeout and delivery,
they were supportive. It just
wasn’t enough, because we
need the tourists. This is a
tourist town.”
Lori Beth Kulp, who runs
Lor’s Tours whisking around
cruise ship passengers and
other groups, saw most of her
business evaporate with the
loss of cruise ships at the Port
of Astoria due to the virus.
She applied for state unem-
ployment benefi ts for sole
proprietors and disaster relief
from Cannon Beach, Travel
Oregon and other groups,
but to no avail. S he received
$2,700 through the Business
Oregon grants.
“It will help me to stay
afl oat, basically,” she said.
“That’s my main revenue
stream, my business.”
Vanessa and James Kinch-
eloe had planned on a grand
opening in February for Kut
& Shave Barbers on Com-
mercial Street. Instead of
a grand entrance, the shop
only recently opened in ear-
nest, with enhanced sanita-
tion and by appointment only.
The more than $3,700 in local
relief funding was a godsend
after losing their walk-in
business, Vanessa Kincheloe
said.
“We did attempt to try and
receive some assistance —
never heard back,” she said.
“It was a very discouraging
process. We were really dis-
appointed, especially because
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The North Coast Food Web, which has lost much of its revenue from cooking classes and school
events during the coronavirus pandemic, received $2,500 in relief from Clatsop Economic
Development Resources.
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Lori Beth Kulp, who runs Lor’s Tours, has seen her business
evaporate with the loss of cruise ships at the Port of Astoria.
She recently received a relief grant of nearly $2,800 from
Clatsop Economic Development Resources.
we’re a small business and
had put so much into it.
We’re really concerned about
an inability to be able to
continue.”
The grants also reached
nonprofi ts and community
groups that lost event reve-
nue with government restric-
tions on gatherings. Jessamyn
West, an Astoria city coun-
cilor and general manager of
the Astoria Arts and Move-
ment Center, helped several
of her building’s nonprofi t
dance and theater tenants
access the small grants.
“I can tell you that they
were literally in tears when
they found out,” West said.
“These are businesses that
have received zero support
from the (federal) funding, so
it was a lifeline for them.”
The North Coast Food
Web, a nonprofi t connect-
ing consumers with farmers
and other local food makers,
received $2,500 to mitigate
the loss of revenue from
classes and other events.
Jessika Tantisook, the
f ood w eb’s executive direc-
tor, said her group had
received some emergency
funding from the Colum-
bia Pacifi c Coordinated Care
Organization for provid-
ing food to Medicaid recip-
ients but had been denied
emergency funding from the
county. The group’s accoun-
tant advised against going
into the Paycheck Protection
Program because of uncer-
tainty over what would be
forgivable, she said.
Kevin Leahy, the exec-
utive director of Clatsop
Economic
Development
Resources, said his group
is trying to streamline the
application process in Span-
ish, confi dent there are more
Latino businesses in need of
support.
Leahy’s group will also
oversee $150,000 in county-
wide business relief grants
from Business Oregon that
Astoria has applied for and
expects to reach between 60
and 100 business owners. He
is hopeful such future grant
opportunities will also be
available to businesses that
have received federal aid but
need more help.
“At the end of the day, if
there’s too many stipulations,
businesses are not going to
apply,” Leahy said of busi-
ness relief. “But I think
there’s enough on the table.”
New round of grants
Clatsop Economic Devel-
opment Resources has
received another $230,000
from state and regional part-
ners to pass out in grants.
Freeman said there appears
to be demand, based on peo-
ple reaching out after the
deadline for the initial grants.
“The Lower Columbia
Hispanic Council has said
they defi nitely think there’s
additional demand,” he said.
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