The City of South Bend is awarding emergency grants, and hosting an assistance fair, to help local small businesses impacted by the ongoing pandemic.
The grants, totaling $600,000, are being awarded to a pair of community development financial institutions (CDFIs) to provide small business loans to local firms.
The two CDFIs, Bankable and Accion Serving Illinois and Indiana, both have long track records of lending to under-resourced borrowers.
South Bend is also set to host an Emergency Assistance Fair for small businesses to learn more about emergency loans and other available COVID-19 relief.
The fair is scheduled for Friday, April 17 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. It will be hosted virtually; attendees can view general information during the first 30 minutes of the event, then enter as many small group discussions as they’d like.
You can join the event beginning at 10:30 a.m. Friday by clicking here.
Following the informational session, small group discussions with providers will be held from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., with links to each provider’s sessions below:
