Seven local businesses awarded $56,000 in grants to support local manufacturing

The City of Ithaca and the Downtown Ithaca Alliance (DIA) announced an award of $56,000 in grant funding to support small-scale manufacturing in the Ithaca area. The funds were awarded through the Made in Ithaca campaign, an initiative to support makers and manufacturers in Ithaca and Tompkins County. Each of the seven selected small businesses received $8,000. The recipients include Precision Filters, a manufacturer of precision measurement instruments; Fibers, a boutique clothing and accessory business; and Via’s Cookies, a cookie bakery. The grant recipients were limited to businesses located within the City of Ithaca. Qualifying businesses needed to have been established before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds for the grants came from the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion stimulus package passed into law in 2021 to accelerate the vaccination effort and support the American economy during the pandemic.

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