Applications for the latest round of the City of The Dalles Economic Recovery Grant are being taken until next Friday (January 22).    The goal of the Relief Grant is to provide immediate financial relief to The Dalles’ hardest-hit small businesses and non-profits in the form of unrestricted grants to support rent, employee salaries, and operating costs as a stop-gap relief.  There are $100,000 in available funds, with a standard grant award up to $2,500.  Among other criteria, eligible applicants must be a commercial business or small not-for-profit serving people in a premise open to the general public with 25 or fewer full-time equivalent employees that has a demonstrated negative financial impact from COVID-19 and located within the 97058 zip code.  First priority will be given to fitness facility businesses, second to non-corporate restaurants that were required to reduce their normal operations to curbside service or delivery, and third to other businesses that did not receive a grant from the City in December.  However, all businesses are encouraged to apply.  For application information, call the City at 541-296-5481, extension 1118.  Grant funds to be awarded the last week of January.