Micro Grants Available For Haddonfield Businesses Amid Pandemic

HADDONFIELD, NJ — Micro grants for personal service businesses, retailers and restaurants in Haddonfield are now available, officials said on Tuesday. They are part of The Partnership for Haddonfield COVID Grant Program.

These grants are intended to help businesses adapt to the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic. They may be used to cover or subsidize a number of costs.

These costs include personal protective equipment(PPE), and technology upgrades to improve online ordering capabilities, as well as products and equipment such as thermometers, apps designed to help with employee and customer health screenings, portable heaters, signs and tents.

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“We are extremely pleased to be able to offer funds to business owners,” Haddonfield Borough Commissioner Colleen Bianco Bezich said. “We are so proud of all that our business community has accomplished this year. This grant program is a small, yet meaningful way to support our business owners as they continue to grapple with the pandemic."

Applications for The Partnership for Haddonfield Covid Grand Program are due by Dec. 30, 2020, and they are available here. Completed applications can be submitted by email to infocenter@haddonfieldnj.org or via mail:

Partnership for Haddonfield
c/o Borough Hall
242 Kings Highway East
Haddonfield, NJ 08033

For more information about Haddonfield, call the Haddonfield Information Center at 856-216-7253 or visit DowntownHaddonfield.com.

As of Monday, there have been 250 cases of the coronavirus and five coronavirus-related deaths in Haddonfield since the beginning of the pandemic. Countywide, there have been 22,167 cases and 636 deaths.

"We are continuing to see increases in cases week over week. That increase in cases is now beginning to correlate with an increase in hospitalizations statewide," Camden County Director Louis Cappelli Jr. said. "Our infection rate has begun to stabilize, but our test positivity rate continues to increase and is now over 16 percent. Over the past seven days we are averaging approximately 350 new cases each day. Our highest mark in the spring was 111. We have to get this under control so that our hospitals aren't pushed beyond their capacity. Please continue to wear a mask, social distance, and avoid indoor gatherings."