Gloucester Twp. Program Provides $5K Grant To Custom Print Shop

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ — Spartan Custom Printing has been awarded a Small Business Assistance Grant for $5,000 from Gloucester Township, township officials announced.

Spartan Custom Printing is a professional screen printing business offering custom, quality screen printing to fit any need, according to the business’s Facebook page. They offer custom T-shirts, sweats, hoodies, or any garment.

It can be reached by phone at 856-288-1948 or by email at spartanscreenprinting@outlook.com. More information can be found at https://www.spartanscreenprints.com/.

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Gloucester Township created the Small Business Assistance Program using $425,000 of the $493,426 in Community Block Development Grants it received through the federal CARES Act.

The program is for small businesses that have been negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. It makes up to $5,000 available for these businesses for up to 120 days.

Gloucester Township stores, restaurants, entertainment, and nonprofessional service businesses with no more than the equivalent of 10 full-time employees that were in business as of Dec. 31, 2019, are eligible to participate.

The business must have one employee, including the business owner, who will be retained and meets the low/moderate income requirement; or it may be located in an eligible program area.

The business must also be committed to opening or reopening and retain or re-employ at least one permanent job.

Anyone deemed eligible to participate by the federal Department of Urban and Housing Development (HUD) must enter into a financial assistance agreement, referred to as the "Participation Agreement," on terms that it reaches with the township.

Once they qualify, businesses may use the funding for working capital expenses. This includes payroll, rent/mortgage, utilities such as Internet or electricity, advertising/marketing, insurance and/or cost to comply with the state and any local social distancing policies.

Specifically excluded from eligible expenses are public utility payments and taxes, unless they are in escrow and included in a regular mortgage payment.

See related: Gloucester Twp. Offers Up To $5K For Small Businesses Amid COVID