WEDC awards $45 million to Wisconsin restaurants in third phase of We`re All In grants

Through the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.`s We`re All In For Restaurants program, the state awarded Wisconsin small businesses an additional $45 million, bringing the state`s Covid-19 assistance to over $220 million.

Restaurants will be eligible for $20,000 grants, with the goal of the businesses to receive the money before the end of 2020...

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Ken Notes: Just a note on the realities of restaurants, in good times -- no Covid, strong economy -- Half of all restaurants fail. It is a very tough business. I wish we could just call a time out and not make businesses responsible for payments and other fixed costs during this time. We could use the state and federal monies to cover the interest until we are back on our feet. I am afraid they way we are approaching this now we are only delaying the pain. I will be happy to print any discussion on this...