Re-Fresh Grants

Re-Fresh Grants is sponsored by City of Boston. These grants are for small food businesses, restaurants, taverns, and bars that are brick-and-mortar micro-businesses impacted by COVID-19.

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The Revitalization of Food Restaurants and Establishments to Stabilize Holistically (Re-FRESH) Program supports brick and mortar businesses negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The goal of the Re-FRESH Program is to create stability amongst small food businesses, restaurants, coffee shops, bakeries, taverns, and bars.

Participating business owners create a plan to reactivate their business, setting goals to recover from pandemic setbacks.

The Office of Small Business office provides wrap-around support services to Re-FRESH Program participants through technical assistance partners, such as: working one-on-one with a business coach offering support and resources creating comprehensive marketing plans, and The Re-FRESH Program Application closed on September 20, 2024.

If you have any questions about this program, please contact the Office of Small Business at smallbiz@boston. gov or 617-635-0355 .

RE-FRESH PROGRAM INFORMATION Anna's Cafe Serenade Chocolatiers Outlet Distraction Brewing Company El Punto Restaurant Lounge & Hall Inbound Pizza & Restaurant International Halal Market Irie Jamaican Style Restaurant Mi Finca Mexican Food and Pizzeria Sweet Life Bakery and Cafe Tandoor and Curry on Wheels Tarboosh Mediterranean Grill Blue Mountain Jamaican Restaurant Bono Restaurant and Catering Charlie's Sandwich Shoppe Huong Que Vietnamese Restaurant Las Delicias Colombianas 2 Mi Pueblito Orient Heights Papi's Stuffed Sopapillas Roundhead Brewing Company Savvor Restaurant and Lounge The Jamaican Hummingbird Restaurant Re-FRESH Program Eligibility and Application Eligible businesses include food businesses, restaurants, bars, taverns, and juice shops.

We prioritize businesses that are located in low-to-moderate-income communities. Businesses must meet the following criteria to be eligible: Must employ 30 or fewer individuals, including the business owner Must earn no more than $3 million in annual revenue Must have faced an economic hardship directly attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This could include, but is not limited to: declines in revenues or business closures due to the pandemic; greater difficulty accessing credit than prior to the pandemic; increased costs to starting the business due to the pandemic; lost expected startup capital due to the pandemic Must have a commercial or mobile space in the City of Boston (home-based businesses are not eligible).

Search your address using this map to check your eligibility. If deemed necessary by the Small Business office, must complete the necessary Re-FRESH Program workshops/trainings Must be in Good Standing with the City of Boston, with no back taxes owed on property, personal property, or motor excise Businesses can receive up to $15,000. Small Business may award full funding, partial funding, or no funding.

Businesses must submit a complete application by September 20, 2024 .

Businesses should be prepared to provide the following documents: Valid certificate of occupancy (as appropriate) Valid business certificate from the City of Boston OR your 2023 or 2024 annual report for your Massachusetts state-registered corporation Budget template provided in application Letter of community support from a neighborhood or community group (OPTIONAL) Copy of 2023 IRS filing for business tax Please note: Funds cannot be used for owner's salary but can be used for employees' salaries.

Grant funds must be used only in association with business establishments located within the city of Boston Grant funds are awarded to a business, not to an individual Applicants should read the full terms and conditions of this grant Food businesses in Qualified Census Tracts will be prioritized, but all are welcome to apply Second round grant application launch: Monday, July 29, 2024 Info Session #1 : Monday, August 5, 2024, from 4 - 5 p.

m. Info Session #2: Thursday, August 29, 2024, from 9 - 10 a. m.

Spanish Language Session : Monday, August 19, 2024 from 10 - 11 a. m. Second round application deadline: Friday, September 20, 2024 Re-FRESH Program Workshop Recordings Food Pricing and Menu Design Sustainable Products and Practices for Restaurants Financial Administration Basics: P&Ls & Bookkeeping Strategies for Growth in the Food Service Indsutry