Chairwoman Velázquez on Announcement of Opening of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program (March 19, 2021)

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This March 19, 2021 statement from House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) follows the Small Business Administration (SBA) announcement that the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program would start accepting applications on April 8. Velázquez calls the announcement excellent news for independent entertainment venues that have sat empty for the better part of a year. The statement says SBA now has over $15 billion in grants to offer these businesses. It also expresses a commitment to working with Administrator Guzman to ensure the program is successful.

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Chairwoman Velázquez on Announcement of Opening of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program
Source(print): https://democrats-smallbusiness.house.gov/news/documentprint.aspx?DocumentID=3617

Chairwoman Velázquez on Announcement of Opening of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program 

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 Chairwoman Velázquez on Announcement of Opening of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program 

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 March 19, 2021 
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 Washington, D.C.— Today, House Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) issued the following statement after the Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program would start accepting applications on April 8 th , 2021: 
  
       “Today’s announcement is excellent news for the independent entertainment venues that have sat empty for the better part of a year due to the pandemic. These businesses have faced some of this crisis’s harshest outcomes as public health restrictions turned their business models upside down. That’s why we created SVOG last December to get additional relief to these beloved cultural institutions that needed more aid than other economic relief programs could provide. SBA now has over $15 billion in grants to offer these businesses to make it through the end of this crisis. I am committed to working with Administrator Guzman to ensure that this program is successful and reaches as many small venue operators as possible.” 
  
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