The City of Fairview is offering Small Business Assistance Grants to provide financial support to businesses with 10 or fewer employees that have been adversely affected by economic conditions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

The program, a collaboration between Business Oregon and the City of Fairview, will provide a total of $30,000 in grants, with a minimum award of $2,500. Applications will be available online at the City’s website: www.fairvieworegon.gov/SBAG, and will be accepted beginning Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. The grant application window will close once all available funds have been awarded, or on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at 5:00 pm, whichever occurs first.   Grants will be awarded on a first come, first served basis.

Fairview Mayor Brian Cooper, "Our small business community plays a vital role in Fairview and we are excited to offer these grants just as many businesses are planning to re-open.”

Fairview encourages applications from every part of our business community including non-profits (with registered 501(c)(3) status), sole proprietors, minority-owned, woman-owned, and veteran-owned businesses. Fairview is committed to ensuring a fair and equitable distribution of grant awards to local businesses.

Business owners with questions can contact City of Fairview Covid-19 Response Specialist, Cristal Otero at oteroc@ci.fairview.or.us or (503)674-6236; or PlayEast! Recreation Manager Jairo Rios-Campos at rios-camposj@ci.fairview.or.us or (503)674-6202. Jairo Rios-Campos will act as the Latino business owner liaison and is bilingual in Spanish.