The Crisol Corridor’s SAFE START PROGRAM will offer FREE PPE Equipment and Grant Funding to Southside Area Businesses Impacted by COVID 19

MILWAUKEE, WI (June 3rd, 2020) – The Crisol Corridor Business Improvement District #50 (centered around S 13^th St and W Oklahoma Ave on Milwaukee’s Southside) announced today that an initial $10,000 in BID resources will be reallocated to provide direct support to BID businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program opens today, and applications will be available on the Crisol Corridor website at https://crisolcorridor.org/home/safe-start-programs/.

The new Safe Start Program will provide personal protective equipment (PPE), sanitation supplies, as well as grant funding for health and safety upgrades to a business’s facility. Eligible businesses are those physically located within the Crisol Corridor BID geography.

“With over 125 commercial properties and businesses from a wide variety of industries represented, it is important that we offer a flexible toolbox of resources to meet a variety of needs,” said Leif Otteson, Executive Director of The Crisol Corridor. “The top priority of all of our businesses is to ensure a safe, healthy and welcoming environment for their employees and customers as they prepare to re-open.”

BID Businesses can apply to one or more of the following three resource areas offered under the Gateway Safe Start Program listed below:

1. Marketing & Promotions Grant: 50% matching reimbursement of marketing, advertising, and promotional related expenses (maximum grant of $500 per business).
2. PPE Direct: Access to a variety of FREE personal protective equipment and products based on number of employees, business occupancy capacity and other factors.
3. Safe-Start Facility Improvement Grant: 50% matching reimbursement of expenses relating to facility safety upgrades including (but not limited to) installation of plexiglass partitions, HVAC upgrades and contracted sanitation services (maximum grant of $500 per business).

About The Crisol Corridor BID #50

The Crisol Corridor (also known as Business Improvement District #50) was formed by a group of dedicated business owners in 2015 with the mission of promoting fellow area businesses, improving the physical image and safety of the district, and creating a safe and welcoming environment for both the businesses and residential community that call this community home. Our City of Milwaukee’s Business Improvement District runs north-south along S. 13th Street from Cleveland to Morgan Avenues, and east-west on W. Oklahoma Ave from S. 15th to Chase Ave.

NOTE: This press release was submitted to Urban Milwaukee and was not written by an Urban Milwaukee writer. It has not been verified for its accuracy or completeness.