Sammamish City Council Approves Small Business Recovery Grants

On September 1, 2020, the Sammamish City Council approved the distribution of $10,000 each to 42 eligible small businesses who have been impacted adversely by COVID-19.

The $420,000 grant fund is comprised of $98,370 from King County CARES Act Funds and $321,630 from the City of Sammamish’s general fund.

The Small Business Recovery Grants are meant to support local businesses as they begin to re-open and expand operations. Minimum eligibility criteria included:

• A maximum of 15 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) employees
• Located within Sammamish
• An active Sammamish Business License
• Been in operation since June 1, 2019
• Experienced impacts from COVID-19
• Businesses cannot be owned or partially owned by a current City of Sammamish employee or Councilmember or an immediate family member of a current City of Sammamish employee or Councilmember.

The City Council also discussed a second round of small business grant funding for later this year. A Council Committee is currently working on details for this second small business grant cycle.

More details on the small business grant recipients can be found here.