$140,000 Given to 31 Businesses in Downtown Loveland for Rent Assistance

The COVID-19 pandemic has been hard on thousands of businesses across Colorado. A newly formed fund is helping many of the ones in Downtown Loveland.

The Downtown Loveland Development Authority (DDA) announced on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, that through a new fund, 31 businesses in the Downtown area would be assisted with their rent.

The Commercial Rent Assistance Project granted the funds to the organization, ranging from $2,500 to $7,500, which will be paid directly to businesses' landlords for the months of June, July, and August of 2020.

I inquired as to how the money would be distributed among the 31 and was informed by organizers that:

The grant awards vary depending on individual businesses’ financial circumstances, leases, etc. Applicants were evaluated by a blind committee...

Here are the businesses that will be assisted:

• Black and Blues Music and Brews
• B Sweet Cupcakes
• Burk’s Tavern
• Canyon Collectables
• Changes Salon
• Cloz to Home
• Colorado Coffee Company
• Dickens Alley
• Fresh Plate Catering
• Garment Gal
• Henry’s Pub
• Independence Gallery
• KK9 Dog Training
• Lighthouse Dance
• Little Piece of My Heart
• Loveland Aleworks
• PILAR Boutique
• Rockywoods Fabrics
• Rooster Browns
• Schissler Academy of Fine Arts
• Sports Station
• Starlight Dessert Bar
• Studio Vino Downtown
• Taste Local Cafe
• The Cupcake Gypsies
• Tommy’s Barbers & Blades
• Top Hat Saloon
• Verboten Brewing
• Vintage Willows
• White Groves Barber & Taproom
• Wicked Tequila Room

Find out more about the DDA's assistance fund HERE.