{"id":3269,"date":"2025-10-16T04:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T04:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/3269\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T04:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T04:13:07","slug":"small-businesses-can-now-apply-for-city-of-erie-grant-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/3269\/","title":{"rendered":"Small businesses can now apply for City of Erie grant funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The next round for the city\u2019s small business grants starts Thursday, and applications are now open.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Erie\u2019s Flagship Grant Fund is a program designed to provide financial assistance for small businesses in Erie.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/erie-school-board-updates-their-budget-with-state-budget-still-over-due\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" class=\"promo-link__link\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tErie School Board updates their budget with state budget still over due\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year, funding awards will be granted up to $5,000, but a one-to-one funding match is required, meaning businesses will also have to put $5,000 of their own into their project.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Groner, the city\u2019s director of development services, said they\u2019ve helped fund 154 small businesses since the program started in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/news\/local-news\/pfbc-opens-new-research-facility-in-erie-to-help-study-lake\/?ipid=promo-link-block2\" class=\"promo-link__link\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\tPFBC opens new research facility in Erie to help study lake\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s meant to help with things like signage, facade improvements, equipment, so we\u2019re looking for businesses, they can be startups, they can be existing businesses. It\u2019s really just meant to be a helping hand,\u201d said Groner. <\/p>\n<p>Grant applications officially opened on Thursday, and if you would like to apply or learn if your business is eligible to apply, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erie.pa.us\/business\/economic___community_development\/economic_development\/grants\/flagship_fund.php\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.erie.pa.us\/business\/economic___community_development\/economic_development\/grants\/flagship_fund.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The next round for the city\u2019s small business grants starts Thursday, and applications are now open. The City&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[2996,2993,136,138,137,2295,182,2918,2995,2994],"class_list":["post-3269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-chris-groner","tag-city-of-eries-flagship-grant-fund","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-jet-24","tag-local-news","tag-small-business","tag-small-business-funding","tag-small-business-grants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}