Recently, the Greater Shepparton City Council, as part of their response to the COVID-19 pandemic, allocated an immediate fund of $120,000 and recently added another $50,000 to assist Shepparton based businesses to establish an online presence.
Since then, a number of local businesses have taken advantage of the grant and began working on developing or expanding their online business.
Riverside Gardens, Stellar Coffee and GB Coffee are examples of the more than 20 local businesses that have already applied for and obtained funding. A wide range of business is represented in the successful applications, including cafés, restaurants, retail, professional services and more.
Murray Smith, manager at Riverside Gardens said, “With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic we quickly realised that our website was inflexible and outdated, and didn’t allow us to keep our customers up to date with the changes we were trying to implement to allow us to keep trading.”
The total pool of grant funds is now $170,000 and Council will support projects up to $3000 until all funds in the pool have been expended or until 1 August 2020, whichever occurs sooner.
Following on from government announcements at the end of last week and over the weekend, business will
If you are interested in applying for a Quick Response Grant, please head to Council’s website for more information: http://greatershepparton.com.au/community/grants-and-funding/covid-19-quick-response-grant
