Many small businesses have been hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic, with restaurants among the hardest hit. Many restaurants have closed because of a loss of business and Central Florida leaders have tried to support those small businesses.
Early on in the pandemic, restaurants were able to apply for money through the Paycheck Protection Program, but they were also competing with other small businesses for that money. [TRENDING: Pub Sub fight silences UCF grad | Musk warns of deadly Mars mission | Fla.
school forbids vaccines] Now, the federal government is opening up a new program aimed specifically at helping the foodservice industry, the Restaurant Revitalization Fund.