35 Oneonta Businesses Receive $105K In Survive, Thrive Grants – All Otsego

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35 Oneonta Businesses Receive

$105K In 'Survive, Thrive' Grants

Meaghan Marino, a member of Oneonta's Survive, then Thrive committee, delivers a $3,000 Recovery Grant check to Bonnie Potter of Edward Teleky Jewelers.

ONEONTA – The city's "Survive, then Thrive" initiative has awarded 35 Reopening and Recovery grants of up to $3,000 to Oneonta businesses to help purchase Personal Protective Equipment and cover their unanticipated capital expenses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Our Survive, then Thrive initiative continues to show how the Oneonta community has come together to overcome this previously unimaginable challenge", states City of Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig, "I applaud our small business owners for their perseverance, can-do attitude, and for the way they have come together in supporting each other."

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