{"id":2457665,"date":"2020-04-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=324865"},"modified":"2020-04-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T06:00:00","slug":"dozens-of-aspen-businesses-apply-for-covid-19-rent-relief-on-first-day-of-program-rollout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/dozens-of-aspen-businesses-apply-for-covid-19-rent-relief-on-first-day-of-program-rollout\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of Aspen businesses apply for COVID-19 rent relief on first day of program rollout"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A total of 59 Aspen businesses applied for the city\u2019s rent relief program as of Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The online application went live on the city\u2019s website<\/a><\/i> at 9 a.m. Friday, with the first applicant filed at 9:05 a.m., said Mitch Osur, the city\u2019s director of downtown services and parking, who is helping to oversee the program.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m ecstatic,\u201d Osur said, adding that the system worked as designed and there were no glitches during the online rollout of the roughly $1 million program. \u201cBusinesses are giving me a heartfelt thanks and saying this is really going to help them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aspen City Council agreed earlier this week<\/a> to allocating as much as $1 million for a small business rent relief grant program that will give local retailers and restaurants as much as $14,000 in response to the COVID-19 crisis.<\/p>\n

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