Fresno County vendors can receive thousands for free

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The archetypal circular of mobile nutrient vendors to person escaped wealth for their businesses was celebrated astatine an lawsuit successful Fresno Wednesday morning.

The Fresno Area Hispanic Foundation (FAHF) held a ceremonial to admit the recipients of the ARPA Mobile Vendor assistance programme funds.

In Wednesday's ceremony, 10 vendors received grants of up to $4,000.

"All the mobile nutrient vendors are fixed the process that we person successful bid for them to suffice for this [grant] and they are astatine their ain pace. So we assistance them, we usher them done the process, but 1 of the astir important parts is that they person the county's wellness licence successful bid for them to run successful the region of Fresno," said President and CEO of FAHF Dora Westerlund.

While supporting section tiny businesses was a portion of this initiative, she says it besides encourages vendors to consciousness safe, arsenic the process to person the assistance makes it truthful each businesses person the close permits and are wrong region guidelines.

Westerlund says determination is inactive $275,000 near to money mobile nutrient vendors. The wealth volition beryllium disposable until it has been awarded.

"Businesses, licensing, permits— each of what's needed for [businesses] to operate, we're capable to assistance them and assistance them," Westerlund said.

Any mobile nutrient vendors oregon tiny concern owners funny successful receiving backing are encouraged to telephone the FAHF astatine 559-222-8705 to get the process started.