Muncie Awards ARPA Grants
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowThe city of Muncie has selected businesses who will receive grants from the allocation of American Rescue Plan Act funding. Mayor Dan Ridenour says nearly 200 businesses and restaurants have been awarded over $3 million.
Ridenour says the program was designed to help businesses recover.
The restaurant and small business/tourism committees selected the grantees, with the small business committee choosing 146 itself. Ridenour says the funding will be distributed after the businesses receiving grants fill out federally required paperwork.
“Without question, 189 of them and possibly more are getting that help. I hope this will go a long way in keeping those businesses as staples in our community long into the future. The committees were volunteers who put in substantial personal time and effort into this project, and I am so thankful for their efforts to help Muncie thrive.”
The recipients include:
- Sea Salt & Cinnamon
- Elm Street Brewing Company
- Roots
- Mulligans
- La Hacienda
- Yats
- Vera Maes
- 12th Street Café
- Frozen Boulder
- the Caffeinery
- Twin Archers
- Dumpling House
- Red Apple
- GGs
- Queer Chocolatier
- Macs on Batavia
- Jimmy Johns on Martin Street
- Guardian Brewery
- Downtown Farm Stand
- A-Team Concessions
- Pita Pit
- Thai Smile
- Momma Bonds
- By Hand & Fork
- Big Shots
- Mancinos
- Salsas
- Pizza King McGalliard Store 10
- Timbers, Brothers
- The Island
- Barking Cow
- Be Here Now
- Hot Box
- Pizza King May St. Store #4
- Victors
- MCL
- The Cup
- Yummy Buffet
- Thai Kitchen
- Rosebud
- Buttonhole
- Baskin Robins.
Committee members say once the funding is distributed, over $894,000 will remain, which will be distributed through another application process before the end of the year.