These 600 Montco Restaurants Have Received $6M Total In Relief

NORRISTOWN, PA — Another wave of recipients of Montgomery's County's funding program to support restaurants amid the pandemic has been announced.

More than 600 restaurants countywide have now received some $6 million total in funding.

"This grant program, like all of our grant programs to-date, is just one part of what we can all do to support small businesses and their workers," said Montgomery County Commerce Department Director David Zellers. "Let's all stay vigilant, shop local, and mask up so we can get to better days ahead.”

Awards were $10,000. Winning recipients came from 56 different municipalities. Efforts were made to target historically disenfranchised groups with these funds, and officials said that 33 percent of restaurants are minority-owned, 33-percent are women-owned, and 4 percent are veteran-owned.

The program has originally put aside $5 million for support, and that number was boosted to $6 million.

A full list of recipients of funding is included here.

Another program benefitting local restaurants, the MontcoStrong 2021 Pennsylvania Hospitality Industry Recovery Program, will launch in the coming weeks. The county is seeking $9.4 million from the state to continue to offer similar awards; a determination on funding will be made by Feb. 28.