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Guilford County CARES Grants On Hold While Expansion Is Readied

KERI BROWN/WFDD

Guilford County is expanding its coronavirus small business grant program, which will be relaunched in early August.  

The original aid program began in June, with more than 1,100 small businesses in Guilford County receiving funds of up to $10,000.

Guilford was one of three counties in the state to receive direct federal funds through the CARES Act.  Close to $7 million was distributed to businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

County officials say in a news release they are pausing the program to prepare for an expansion in grants to businesses in need.

The Small Business Grant hotline and website have been temporarily suspended while the county retools the application for the next phase. Both are expected to be relaunched on August 3.

Officials are urging local businesses to monitor the county website for forthcoming details about the program's expansion.

For the most up-to-date information on coronavirus in North Carolina, visit our Live Updates blog here. WFDD wants to hear your stories — connect with us and let us know what you're experiencing.

Neal Charnoff joined 88.5 WFDD as Morning Edition host in 2014. Raised in the Catskill region of upstate New York, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983. Armed with a liberal arts degree, Neal was fully equipped to be a waiter. So he prolonged his arrested development bouncing around New York and L.A. until discovering that people enjoyed listening to his voice on the radio. After a few years doing overnight shifts at a local rock station, Neal spent most of his career at Vermont Public Radio. He began as host of a nightly jazz program, where he was proud to interview many of his idols, including Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins. Neal graduated to the news department, where he was the local host for NPR's All Things Considered for 14 years. In addition to news interviews and features, he originated and produced the Weekly Conversation On The Arts, as well as VPR Backstage, which profiled theater productions around the state. He contributed several stories to NPR, including coverage of a devastating ice storm. Neal now sees the value of that liberal arts degree, and approaches life with the knowledge that all subjects and all art forms are connected to each other. Neal and his wife Judy are enjoying exploring North Carolina and points south. They would both be happy to never experience a Vermont winter again.

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