New Federal Relief for Restaurants & Small Businesses: Total to the Individual Warren Municipalities in the Fifth District: $6.51 million.Warren County Government: $20.42 million.Total to the Individual Sussex Municipalities in the Fifth District: $9.26 Million.Sussex County Government: $27.25 million.Total to the two Individual Passaic Municipalities in the Fifth District: $3.78 million.Passaic County Government: $97.33 million.Total to Individual Bergen Municipalities in the Fifth District: $53.28 million.Bergen County Government: $259.73 million.New Relief for Fifth District Counties & Towns: And every family who makes less than $160,000 dollars, will get a check sent to them, representing an enormous tax cut for middle class families,” Gottheimer said. It will also help lower health care premiums for those struggling during the pandemic. It will also inject essential investment into our communities, to help pay for cops, firefighters, and EMTs, and invest in local infrastructure, including to help boost broadband and help improve our old pipes and water infrastructure. “We’re clawing back millions of dollars to the Fifth District to help every single county and town government, get vaccines into more arms, bring critical dollars to our schools and to those who’ve lost their jobs or need help with child care. I believe we’re finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, because we all know this hasn’t been an easy time for our country or for our state,” Gottheimer said. It will help us get to the other side of this pandemic. “Clawing back these federal COVID-19 relief dollars is a win for our communities, for our families, for our small businesses, and, most importantly, for our health. The Allendale Bar & Grill is one of the recipients of the 63,000+ federal PPP forgivable loans in New Jersey thus far - to help pay employees and keep their doors open during the COVID-19 crisis. The Borough of Allendale will now receive more than $661,000 in direct federal COVID-19 relief. Gottheimer made the announcement outside Allendale Bar & Grill, alongside owners Chris Kunisch, Craig Kunisch, and Katie Ohnegian Allendale Councilmember Jim Strauch, and Allendale Chamber of Commerce member Heidi Gross. The bill, which has now been signed into law, includes federal dollars for every county and local government in the Fifth District, new relief for restaurants and businesses, investments in broadband and infrastructure improvements, direct checks for adults and children, and resources to safely reopen schools - all to help local economies and communities reopen and recover. Congressman Josh Gottheimer Friday joined local small business and restaurant owners to unveil federal dollars clawed back from the new COVID-19 relief package. But I believe everyone is going to come out of this stronger and, hopefully, all of our local businesses can stay afloat during this time.”Īs for those employees he had to let go: It’s tough to say when and how much things will improve, he said, but the hope is that “any employee working for us before will have a job once we get back up and running.ALLENDALE BOROUGH, NJ (Bergen County)- U.S. “It’s just a way for us – and others – to help give back,” he said.Īnd, hopefully, add a little light to uncertain times. He said the effort has sparked community support in another way: people and businesses donating to the kids’ meals – cookies from Hugo’s, for instance, and vitamin water. “It’s been super positive and we’ve had a lot of feedback from the community,” he said, noting parents and teachers have especially expressed how much they appreciate the gesture. Parents call to place their order for the schoolkids and then pick up the meals curbside at the restaurant. The restaurant has provided about 100 meals a day since the program started on Monday. The Blue Moose is among the restaurants in Greater Grand Forks that have opted to give away free meals to school children. Despite the challenges, Boppre and his team have found a new way to attract customers and serve the community.
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