Virginia Business: July 14, 2021 | The Fifth District saw growth in manufacturing, district ports, trucking companies and retailers, especially of home goods and clothing, according to the report.

WHSV3: July 12, 2021 | The town of Broadway will begin distributing American Rescue Plan funding to local businesses early next week. Businesses will receive either $500 or $10,000, depending on certain criteria.

Virginia Mercury: July 8, 2021 | Virginia has $4.3 billion in federal aid to spend and no shortage of ideas. State agencies hoping to tap into American Rescue Plan funds have submitted wish lists that top more than $18 billion, floating proposals ranging from new helicopters for Virginia State Police […]

Virginia Business: July 12, 2021 | Ahead of the General Assembly’s August special session, Gov. Ralph Northam said Monday he wants to spend $353 million of Virginia’s federal relief funding on small business recovery and assisting the tourism industry.

June 22, 2022 | The Greater Augusta Tourism Council (GART), the regional tourism organization for Staunton, Augusta County, and Waynesboro, released a new Staunton, Augusta, Waynesboro reopening promotional video. The video is a part of of GART’s GO Virginia Grant, which developed the the ExploreSAW website and SAW Savings Pass […]

June 11, 2021 Project THRIVE is a six-week, virtual series that aims to help rebuild, relaunch, and revive local businesses and nonprofit organizations that have been impacted by the pandemic. The Project THRIVE team is looking for a total of 8 to 10 businesses AND 8 to 10 nonprofit organizations to join […]

May 25, 2021 | Non-Entitlement Units (NEUs) of Local Government should expect to receive Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund payments through their state governments. State governments will receive a specific allocation of these funds from U.S. Treasury and are responsible for distributing these funds to NEUs. Award amounts are based […]

U.S. Dept. of Treasury April 15, 2021 Prior to the formal launch of the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds Program, those entities that are eligible to receive a direct payment of funds from Treasury under the program should prepare certain information in advance as outlined below. By undertaking […]

Daily News Record:  April 9, 2021 As localities wait to receive their share of the latest COVID-19 relief funding from the American Rescue Plan, Broadway Town Council is laying the groundwork on how its allocation will be disbursed.

Virginia Business: April 15, 2021 The economy has grown “moderately” in recent weeks, with strong production increases, employment rising and consumer spending up in the Federal Reserve’s Fifth District, which includes Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland, according to the latest edition of the Fed’s Beige Book, released […]