ONEONTA, NY - As communities around the area slowly begin to reopen following the coronavirus shutdown, the Oneonta Common Council took steps Tuesday evening to help with the city's financial recovery.
Meeting once again on zoom the council unanimously approved $153,000 in funding for Oneonta's Survive Then Thrive program.
The program is the result of a task force that was established to help ensure that small businesses did not falter during the forced shutdown.
The approved funding will be divided into three categories.
$3,000 will be budgeted for online sales promotions, while another $75,000 will go towards the reopening of small businesses.
The remaining $75,000 will go towards small business recovery.
Money for the funding will come from repurposed community development grant funds and possible FEMA aid.
