![]() ![]() Hart Lift also is developing a program to support entrepreneurs, helping to connect them to services they might need as they get their businesses up-and-running, Concepción said.īronin said the goals of Hart Lift are two-fold: “Not just to repair the damage of the pandemic, but to come back stronger, to activate spaces, some of which became vacant during the pandemic and others that have been vacant for many years before.” Julio Concepción, president of the Hartford Chamber of Commerce, said he expects grants will lead to business openings in six months to a year. Grants must be returned if a business does not ultimately open. The match must come from the property owner, the business owner or a a combination of the two. The grants also must be matched 100% downtown and 50% in the neighborhoods. ![]() Property owners can qualify for grants up to $50 a square foot - up to $150,000 in total - and there must be a signed agreement between the property owner and the tenant. It is a true public-private partnership.” “It’s exciting to see this amount of demand for this Hart Lift partnership,” Bronin said. It was unclear how many grants would be sought after the bruising suffered especially by small business owners in the pandemic. Hart Lift, a collaboration between the city and the Hartford Chamber of Commerce, has now awarded $2.5 million in grants to 25 business owners. The businesses will be located in downtown and in city neighborhoods. The grants announced Tuesday include restaurants, bars, a bakery, a distillery, a clothing shop, an expansion of Connecticut Lighting Center and a laundromat. ![]() I just wanted to bring this to Hartford.”īallet said the food is delightful - he was immersed in it during a recent trip to Guadeloupe - and he is convinced it will be a hit in the city. ![]() “So I want to do Creole with a little bit of French flavor in it. “In this area, I’m seeing a lot of Caribbean restaurants - Jamaican, Trinidadian - but there’s nothing like where I come from,” Ballet said, after the announcement. ![]()
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