$185M in grants available for Michigan businesses hurt by pandemic

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Michigan gyms, movie theaters, and other businesses, hurt by the pandemic, could soon receive grants under a $185 million dollar spending bill that has won initial legislative approval.

The vote in the State House Thursday comes more than a month after Governor Gretchen Whitmer set aside $409 million in aid for businesses that lost money.

Applications for those grants are due by April 1 and must be disbursed by July 1.

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