Businesses eligible for a Transylvania Tomorrow Small Business Emergency Relief Grant must meet the following criteria:

• Must be in good standing with regard to state and local taxes and licenses
• Must have less than 50 full-time employees
• Must have experienced a significant loss, reduction in revenue, and/or physical damage due to Hurricane Helene
• Preference is given to businesses that:
  • Are headquartered and with primary operations in Transylvania County
  • Are independently owned
  • Have been in operation for an extended time 
  • Have a brick and mortar location
  • Have the greatest level of need-priority of grant awards will be directed towards businesses experiencing loss/damage of buildings, inventory, other assets, employee dislocation, revenue reductions due to extended closure of access roads and/or other utilities.
• Eligible uses of funds:
  • payroll (exclusive of owner compensation; payroll directed to employees actively working to reopen business)
  • professional restoration
  • recovery, and remodeling services due to storm damage
  • utilities, rent, mortgage payments
  • insurance, or similar expenses
  • products directly used in production of a product for sale
• Applicants must be willing to provide all information required on the application, plus supporting documentation if requested
• Applicants must be willing to complete a survey providing details on the current state of their business and impact of grant funds both six-months and one-year after receiving funds
• Nonprofits are not eligible.

 

Applications will be scored on a point system based on the above criteria by a review committee composed of members of the Transylvania Business Support Task Force. Application must be complete to be considered. 

The review committee is made up of representatives from:

• Transylvania Economic Alliance (TEA)
• Heart of Brevard (HOB)
• Brevard/Transylvania Chamber of Commerce (Chamber)
• Blue Ridge Community College Small Business Center (BRCC-SBC)
• Transylvania County Tourism Development Authority (TCTDA)
• Community Focus Foundation

Please visit www.brevardnc.org/transylvaniatomorrow for more information.

Thank you for your application to the Transylvania Tomorrow Small Business Emergency Relief Fund.

The Transylvania Business Support Task Force

I certify that the information above is correct to the best of my knowledge. I authorize the Transylvania Small Business Emergency Relief Fund selection committee to make inquiries as necessary to verify the accuracy of the statements made by me in the application. I agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Community Focus Foundation and the Transylvania Small Business Emergency Relief Fund, including officers, directors, employees, agents, volunteers, or other related individuals from either organization, from any and all claims, loss or other liability arising from or related to the services that are provided before, during, and after the Transylvania Tomorrow grant review process. 

Notice: The Transylvania Small Business Support Grant selection committee is dedicated to maintaining the confidentiality of all private client information including proprietary business data, business plans, and tax ID numbers. The Transylvania Small Business Support Grant selection committee reserves the right to deny funding requests for any reason.

In addition to this application, please submit the following as part of your grant application: 

• Copy of driver’s license or other form of ID 

Thank you for filling out this application!

Application must be complete to be considered.