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COVID-19
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
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Paul Gray, Grant County emergency manager.
County mulling how to spend
COVID-19 relief funds
By Steven Mitchell
Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant County is mulling
how it will allocate Ameri-
can Rescue Plan funds.
County
Emergency
Manager Paul Gray, who
researched the U.S. Depart-
ment of Treasury Guidelines,
said so far roughly three
departments are requesting
approximately
$300,000,
which include the health
department, sheriff ’s offi ce
and fairgrounds.
He said the county has
been waiting for the fi nal rul-
ing from the Treasury.
He said the county’s qual-
ifi ed expenses would likely
increase because the Trea-
sury ruled that general reve-
nue loss for the county could
be covered by the federal
relief dollars.
He said the county does
not how much money would
be allocated for those two
funds.
“I’m still waiting for data
from everyone that’s ask-
ing about money,” he said.
“Then I’ll be going to the
commissioners, and they
will make the fi nal decision.
My job is to gather the infor-
mation and give it to them.”
He said he would be
advocating for projects that
he believes would bene-
fi t the community, like the
Cyber Mill, a proposal to
create locations with internet
access. Their request would
open locations in Seneca and
Prairie City.
“I’m going to advocate
for it,” he said. “I can’t tell
you what the commissioners
are going to do.”
He told the Eagle that he
was trying to get the com-
missioners on board with
a project to put in six new
repeaters for law enforce-
ment, emergency services
and fi re that would have
costed $600,000. However,
he said the pandemic relief
money would not qualify for
the project.
He said broadband is cov-
ered under the American
Rescue Plan.
“Some of the people in
the community, like in Sen-
eca, don’t have good inter-
net access,”he said. “This
project would give some of
these communities better
access.”
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Brandon Elliott runs the grill at the Outpost last year.
Small business grants available
to local businesses June 21
Businesses must
have fewer than
25 employees
By Steven Mitchell
Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant County’s small
businesses, sole proprietors
and 501©(3) nonprofi ts still
reeling from the economic
fallout of the COVID-19
pandemic can apply for a
small business grant starting
at $10,000 June 21-28.
Tory Stinnett, Grant
County economic develop-
ment director, said the grant
funding is for any Grant
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ness — including hairstyl-
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Grants of $10,000 are
available for sole propri-
etors and businesses with
up to fi ve full-time employ-
ees. Companies and nonprof-
its with between six and 15
employees can get $20,000,
and those 25 or fewer are eli-
gible for $30,000.
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