{"id":474311,"date":"2021-04-09T12:33:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T16:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=474311"},"modified":"2021-04-09T12:33:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T16:33:08","slug":"pge-contributes-500000-to-restaurant-resilience-fund-to-strengthen-businesses-for-the-long-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/pge-contributes-500000-to-restaurant-resilience-fund-to-strengthen-businesses-for-the-long-term\/","title":{"rendered":"PG&E Contributes $500,000 to Restaurant Resilience Fund to Strengthen Businesses for the Long-Term"},"content":{"rendered":"

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PG&E Contributes $500,000 to Restaurant Resilience Fund to Strengthen Businesses for the Long-Term<\/b><\/p>\n

Restaurants in Six Counties Can Apply for Pandemic Relief through New Grant Program<\/i><\/p>\n

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)–
\nBeginning next week, restaurants in six Northern and Central California counties can apply for a $3,500 grant to help them rebound from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The California Restaurant Foundation\u2019s (CRF) Restaurants Care Resilience Fund<\/a> is accepting applications April 11-18, 2021. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) contributed $500,000 to the fund to assist small restaurants struggling in the wake of stay-at-home orders and other pandemic restrictions that have affected their businesses.\n<\/p>\n

\nGrants are available to California resident-owned restaurants with 50 or fewer employees in these Northern and Central California counties: Alameda, Fresno, Kern, Sacramento, San Francisco, and San Joaquin.\n<\/p>\n

\nThe Restaurants Care Resilience Fund is focused on long-term resilience for small restaurants that have struggled the most during the pandemic. Special consideration will be given to minority- and women-owned businesses. In addition to the $3,500 grant, restaurants will receive one year of small business support services.\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cWhat\u2019s really unique about our Resilience Fund is that it supports the business as well as individual restaurant workers,\u201d said Alycia Harshfield, Executive Director of the California Restaurant Foundation. \u201cA portion of the funds raised will provide grants for cooks, servers, dishwashers and more who face unforeseen hardship and have nowhere else to turn. So yes, we\u2019re helping restaurants keep their crew on payroll, while also offering a safety net for when things get tough.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\nTo qualify, restaurants must be currently open and have had a revenue loss of more than 20% from 2019 to 2020. Funding is intended to be used on payroll and related expenses such as increasing hours and bringing on new hires.\n<\/p>\n

\n\u201cMany local restaurants are cornerstones of their towns and communities, and they have suffered tremendously during the COVID-19 pandemic. These small businesses provide jobs, help families celebrate important milestones, and fuel local economies. PG&E is supporting the Restaurants Care Resilience Fund to help restaurants keep their doors open, and we\u2019re continuing to help these and our other business customers recover from the financial effects of the pandemic,\u201d said PG&E Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer Marlene Santos.\n<\/p>\n

Assisting Small and Medium Businesses<\/b><\/p>\n

\nPG&E remains committed to serving its Small and Medium Business customers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the pandemic began, PG&E has:\n<\/p>\n