FROM HURON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – Working in partnership with Huron County, RTO4 will be implementing the Tourism Adaptation and Recovery Program to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs’) and not-for-profits (NFPs’) in the tourism and hospitality or arts and culture sectors by supporting one-time adaptation and re-opening costs incurred to continue operating post-Covid-19.
There are two streams available:
- Physical Adaptation Stream:
- SMEs can apply for up to $20,000 per business towards implementation of health and safety protocols and/or renovations or equipment to accommodate social distancing. A minimum 20% match is required.
- Technology Investment Stream:
- Eligible SMEs can apply for $5,000 for digitizing businesses or services such as virtual queues, online ordering, timed entry ticketing, touch-free payments.
Eligible Expenses:
- Labour (Labour directly related to the project only.)
- Expertise
- Non-Capital
- Capital
- Funds applied for can include retroactive expenses starting in June 2020 (retroactive)
Application Deadline:
Please review the application guides attached. Eligible businesses and organizations are encouraged to apply by February 1, 2021 at 11:59 pm.
Tourism Adaptation and Recovery Application – click here!
Technology Investment Program Application – click here!
Questions?
For questions about this program, please contact Rick Sickinger (rsickinger@huroncounty.ca) or Karen Mitchell (karen@rto4.ca).
