Akron reveals list of 100 businesses getting cut of $1 million in grants: See the full list

AKRON, Ohio — Editor's note: Video at the top of this story was originally published in an unrelated article on Nov. 21, 2022.

The city of Akron has announced 100 different small businesses that will each be receiving a one-time grant worth $10,000 “to help offset costs and negative impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic.”

The money -- which totals $1 million -- comes from the city’s allocation from the American Rescue Plan Act.

“Akron's small businesses have endured so much over the past several years to keep their doors open and to continue serving this community," said Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan. "I'm proud to be able to invest into these businesses with our ARPA dollars and help them bounce back from the impacts of the pandemic.”

Here are the 100 businesses getting the money:

1. 2 Live Music
2. A&B Tent Rental Inc.
3. A And A Vending, Inc.
4. Akron Family Business
5. Akron Honey Company LTD
6. Akron Legends Barbershop
7. Akron-Canton International Forwarding
8. Allegiance Insurance Group LLC
9. American Family Insurance
10. American Medical Transport
11. Angels on Earth Health Care Services
12. Arlington Street Muffler LLC
13. A to Z Auto and Truck Repair
14. Backup Power Solutions, Inc.
15. Barley House
16. Barmacy
17. Baxters LLC
18. Beyond Expectations Barber College
19. Blue Leaf Apothecary LLC
20. Caring Angels Healthcare LLC
21. Clarktel/Telecommunications, Inc.
22. CNJ Renovations LLC
23. Coast to Coast Caulking & Waterproofing LLC
24. Design Perspective LLC
25. Diamond Daleesa Accessories
26. Diamond Grille
27. Dot Org Solutions LLC
28. Duo Tax Services LLP
29. Eddie's Famous Cheesesteaks
30. Eighty-Three Brewery
31. El Papa's Mexican Bistro
32. Emidio & Sons
33. Farmer Boy Restaurant
34. FG Solutions, LLC
35. First Glance Imagining Inc.
36. Full Service Logistics, LLC
37. Gear Star American Performance Transmissions, Inc.
38. Good Life Body Piercing and Fine Jewelry
39. Great Lakes Premier Distribution
40. Green Light Auto Sales
41. Hamad's On Main
42. In A Minute Ltd.
43. Inda Blatch-Geib
44. Jilly's Music Room LLC
45. Kane Investments LLC
46. Kids Academy 2
47. Kleen In Motion LLC
48. L & H Home Care
49. Laplace Events, LLC
50. Loving Hearts Helping Hands
51. M&L Equipment Company
52. Marques
53. Mason Construction and Concrete LLC
54. Mint Hair Collective LLC
55. Mr Dan's Daycare LLC
56. Nando's Auto Care LLC
57. Nomz, LLC
58. Orleans Avenue Entertainment Corporation
59. Paolucci Law, LLC
60. Polymet Recovery, LLC
61. Pritt Entertainment Group, LLC
62. R&S Cleaning Solutions
63. Rasheed F. Nemer, M.D.
64. Red Point Digital, LLC
65. Rosa's Playhouse Inc.
66. Rot Sorn
67. Rubber City Clothing
68. S 3 Technologies, LLC
69. S4 Mobile Laboratories LLC
70. Scanlon & Elliott
71. Shifrin Newman Smith Inc.
72. Slaughter Tire Service Inc
73. South Akron Awning Co.
74. Sparks Investment Inc.
75. SpeedPro Akron North
76. Square Nightclub
77. Subway
78. Summit County Classics Inc
79. Summit Tax & Insurance Services
80. Sweet Modern LLC
81. Tear-Ez
82. T.R. Fields & Associates, Inc.
83. Technology management Solutions, Inc.
84. The Akron Plating Co., Inc.
85. The Brat Boulevard Corporation
86. The Culinary Chamelon
87. The Growing Patch LLC
88. The Hatterie Inc.
89. The Score Draft Room
90. Transit Transportation Services, LLC
91. Twisted Tomato
92. Uncle Bacon's BBQ LLC
93. Vigeo Gardens
94. Westside Masonry, LLC
95. White Glove Cleaning Solutions LLC
96. Wilkinson Funeral Home
97. Words By Mom
98. Yoga Squared
99. Your Virtual Solution
100. Zeber-Martell Studio, Inc.

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Editor's note: Video in the player above was originally published in an unrelated story on Nov. 23, 2022.

Here were the requirements each business had to meet:

• Be a legal for-profit business;
• Must be located within a Qualified Census Tract (QCT) in Akron;
• Must have 2 to 50 workers on payroll (including full-time or part-time employees, and owners actively working in the business);
• Be current with income tax and property tax obligations for the business with the City of Akron and County of Summit;
• In operation in the City of Akron on or before January 1, 2020;
• Must be able to describe how the business has been negatively impacted due to a reduction in business activity or increase in supply chain costs related to COVID-19 pandemic or related public health restrictions and orders.

The money can be used for:

• Rent or mortgage costs for the business location;
• Payroll and benefits;
• Utility costs for the business location;
• Investments to meet reopening guidelines, such as purchasing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other workplace improvements directly related to mitigating the spread of COVID-19;
• Remote access equipment and connectivity, such as computers, software, printers, and/or online meeting platforms for employers to enhance social distancing; and/or technology that enables businesses to develop and manage service/product delivery to enhance social distancing.