Conduit Street Reports on AAEDC Awarding $5K Grants to 5 Businesses Devastated by Tornado

November 15, 2021

Conduit Street, the official blog of the Maryland Association of Counties (MACo), reported on AAEDC awarding grants of $5,000 to five Anne Arundel County businesses that were affected by the tropical storm and tornado that struck the region on Wednesday, September 1  in the following article:

Anne Arundel Awards $5K Grants to Businesses Devastated by Tornado

It listed the five recipients – Annapolis International Market, Chris’s Charcoal Pit, Cricket Wireless, Panther Auto Body, and Cecil Memorial United Methodist Church – and included the following quote from Mary Sellers, who owns Panther Auto Body with her husband, Pete:

“We are so thankful for this grant. Every little bit helps. We have spent so much fixing up our business, and we just want to say thank you so much.”

Funded with $25,000 from the TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank., the program accepted applications from October 26, 2021 through November 5, 2021.

The grants, which will not need to be paid back, can be used for any legitimate business expense including physical property repairs, replacement of business equipment, replacement of inventory, lease/rental support, vendor bill support, or moving expenses support.

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