Grant Funding Available for Small, Food-Related Businesses in Phoenix | https://www.phoenix.gov/newsroom/environmental-programs/2695 | Environment & Sustainability | | 3/16/2023 7:55:00 PM | https://www.phoenix.gov/newssite/Lists/NewsArticle/Attachments/2695/Untitled design (35).png | | Grant Funding Available for Small, Food-Related Businesses in Phoenix | <div class="ExternalClass3B264802D1A648F3BB5CC6984AD9F7FC"><html>The City of Phoenix is offering grants to small, food-related businesses that have been negatively impacted by COVID-19 or its negative economic impacts. Applications are now open for the <a href="https://phoenix-gov.formstack.com/forms/food_grants" target="_blank">Food Systems Transformation Grant</a>, which is part of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)-funded Phoenix Resilient Food System Initiative.<br><br>The Office of Environmental Programs has $800,000 available in grant funding to distribute to small businesses located within Phoenix city limits. Eligible small businesses include those who are a part of the City's food system and play a role in the consumption, distribution, growing, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting, marketing or the disposal of food and food-related items. <br><br>Grants must be used to create a more resilient, sustainable, equitable, healthy, and thriving system. Examples of projects that help transform the local food system include but are not limited to: <br><br><ul><li>Advancing justice, equity, and fairness within the local food system.</li><li>Promoting efforts to reduce the impact of the local food system on our changing climate (mitigation).</li><li>Strengthening the resiliency of the local food system in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, various shocks, and disruptions (adaptation).</li><li>Enhancing food security, accessibility, affordability, and healthy eating.</li><li>Adopting new and/or expanding existing sustainable and innovative urban food production, distribution, aggregation, processing, and recycling practices.<br></li><li>Developing product prototypes.</li><li>Creating new, high-quality jobs to implement grant-funded projects.</li><li>Improving local market options.<br><br></li></ul>Small businesses are eligible to receive between $5,000 and $99,000 in grants and must use funds to complete all proposed projects within 12 months. Grant applications are due no later than March 31. Apply <a href="https://phoenix-gov.formstack.com/forms/food_grants" target="_blank">here</a> to view the full details and eligibility requirements. <br></html></div> | https://www.phoenix.gov/oep | News | | environmental-programs | Restaurant owner standing outside of his restaurant | Environment | | | | | | Keyera Williams | 602-859-5089 | 602-534-8922 | | | keyera.williams@phoenix.gov | | | | | | | | | PHXEnvironment | |