Local Restaurant Infrastructure Investment Program is intended to help address workforce issues, consumer expectations, and overall restaurant safety challenges experienced by small, local restaurants across New Hampshire due to COVID-19.
Donor Name: Governor’s Office for Emergency Relief & Recovery
State: New Hampshire
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/15/2023
Size of the Grant: up to $15,000
Details:
Awards will be issued to applicants for reimbursement of eligible equipment, infrastructure, and technology purchased between November 1, 2021, and March 15, 2023, to help them adapt to service and technology changes due to COVID-19 in the market that can be costly and disruptive.
Funding Information
Each eligible applicant, providing detail and support for eligible expenditures, may receive an award of up to $15,000 per eligible location.
Eligibility Criteria
This program is open to New Hampshire based restaurants, and it is intended to aid primarily full service, eat-in, non-franchise small restaurants.
To be eligible, an applicant must:
- Have been operating prior to March 20, 2020;
- Be actively paying Meals & Rooms taxes to the State as a food service establishment;
- Have annual gross receipts, including all affiliates, at or below $20,000,000, in tax year 2021 or not exceed annual gross receipts per New Hampshire location of $5,000,000;
- Be submitting expenses for only New Hampshire locations; and
- Not be:
- A national chain (locations in 3 or more states),
- A national franchise (locations in 3 or more states),
- Delivery or take out only, or
- Primarily catering.
For more information, visit Local Restaurant Infrastructure Investment Program.