Toledo offers money to businesses affected by construction [Video]

Applications are open for the Legacy Corridor Business Resilience Grant, recently approved by city council, which gives $5,000 to small businesses.

The city’s economic development department will be looking at businesses on Broadway Street from Western Avenue to Stebbins Street.

“It’s intended to help support the cost of operating expenses while foot traffic is down based on the impact of the road construction,” said April Welch, the city’s deputy director of economic development.

Welch said the city wants to make the program permanent moving forward to help businesses when similar major road projects are done.

“Significant road projects that involve removal of curbs and longer-term type of projects,” she explained.

Employees and owners of some businesses say they are just now recovering from road work in their area and that some financial relief would be great …