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Oswego County Legislature Launches Restaurant Recovery Program
Locally-owned restaurants have until next Friday, July 16, to register for the Oswego County Restaurant Recovery Program.
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City of Oswego Opens Sealed Bids For City Properties, Unveils Summer ‘Blizzard Bucks’
The City of Oswego’s Common Council approved the second opportunity for people to bid on city properties during Monday’s council meeting with the first process occurring in early 2020.
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Oswego Revival Grant: Convergence Gaming Reopens In-Store Haven Of Events For Community
The City has provided select businesses COVID-19 Revival Grants, including $5,000 to Convergence Gaming, which is finally seeing some semblance of normalcy as it brought back in-person events.
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Oswego Revival Grant: Alley Cat Dance Club To Reopen After 16 Months
While many downtown businesses have been able to return in some capacity as COVID-19 restrictions were lifted over the course of the last year, the local nightlife has lagged behind. Thanks to the COVID-19 Revival Grant Program, Oswego’s AlleyCat received $5,000 which will assist the nightclub in a variety of things including some major renovations.
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Aqua Spa Hosts Open House To Showcase Amenities
After 3.5 years of research, development and building, the City of Oswego’s Aqua Spa float center hosted an open house on Tuesday, June 15, after opening in November.
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Oswego Revival Grant: Oswego Comic Shop Offered Aid Amid New Ownership
The Oswego Comic Shop was one business that received funds from the grant, obtaining $3,000 to rebuild after a year that saw extremely slow traffic.
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Oswego County Legislature Approves New County Purchasing Director Despite Some Concern
In an attempt to restart the county’s purchasing department, Legislator John Martino offered resolution FP-5 to appoint the department’s new director. While Martino considered the selection process to be adequate, Legislator Thomas Drumm voiced his disapproval at the June 10 Legislative meeting.
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SBA To Reopen Shuttered Venue Operators Grants For Applications Saturday At 12:30 PM
The U.S. Small Business Administration will reopen the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant application portal tomorrow, April 24, 2021, at 12:30 p.m. EDT for operators of live venues, live performing arts organizations, museums and movie theatres, as well as live venue promoters, theatrical producers and talent representatives to apply for critical economic relief.
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Mayor Barlow Announces Loan Forgiveness For $276,000 COVID-19 Business Loans
Mayor Billy Barlow announced today the City of Oswego is forgiving all $276,000 in COVID-19 business loan funding issued last March to assist businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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SBA Prioritizes Smallest Of Small Businesses In Paycheck Protection Program
Building on a month of strong results, the Biden-Harris Administration and the U.S. Small Business Administration are taking steps with the Paycheck Protection Program to further promote equitable relief for America’s mom-and-pop businesses.