Sugar Land Legacy Foundation helping local small businesses

By Roy Kent, Staff writer

Published

5:53 pm CDT, Tuesday, August 18, 2020

The Sugar Land Legacy Foundation is reaching out to help local small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, offering $1,000 for a variety of needs.

The funds are limited so not all applications for funding will be honored.

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Open to businesses within the Sugar Land city limits, the funds can be used:

  to create an online platform.

  for marketing consulting service and/or advertisements.

  an in-person contactless payment system.

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Business owners have defined criteria for obtaining the funds, including:

  having an existing business since March 1, 2019, with fewer than 50 employees.

  be able to “demonstrate adverse business impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic.

  be in good standing with the city of Sugar Land

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To apply for the funds, go to www.sugarlandlegacy.org. For questions, email [email protected]

The Sugar Land Legacy Foundation “works on behalf of the city of Sugar Land to promote community investment in large-scale quality of life projects.The projects commemorate, transform and celebrate the Sugar Land community. The SLLF is a multi-purpose 501(c)3.”

[email protected]