Restaurants can now apply for the 2025 funding cycle! Grants are $5,000 to independent restaurants and designated to build resilience in the following categories: Kitchen Equipment, Technology Upgrades, Employee Training, or Unforeseen Hardship. The California Restaurant Foundation, a 501 (c)3 non-profit, anticipates awarding 200 grants statewide. Apply here April 9 to April 26, 2025! 

Application Now Open! Learn more at www.restaurantscare.org/resilience

Please see the attached flyer for detailed information. 

The program provides grants up to $15,000 on a first come first serve basis, to support independently owned small businesses in Upland as they expand and grow. It aims to facilitate business growth through increasing building square footage, expanding indoor/outdoor seating capacity, enhancing business service capacity, or improving marketing, promotions, and signage.

PROGRAM APPLICATION PERIOD CLOSED!! 

Applications must be delivered in-person to Upland City Hall - Development Services Department 460 N. Euclid Avenue, Upland CA  91786 Attn.: Norma Flores. The City will only accept completed applications with all supporting documents. Incomplete applications will be returned without review. NO EXCEPTIONS. 

Application period: January 2, 2025 through January 23, 2025 

Eligibility Requirements:

• Be in business for at least one year
• Have annual gross sales of $500,000 or less
• Employ 20 or fewer employees
• Participant must own the business
• Have an active Upland business license
• Be located in the City of Upland

To apply, please contact Norma Flores, Development Services Specialist, at (909) 931-4267 or via email at NFlores@uplandca.gov

Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to California businesses and residents affected by the Bridge Fire that began September 8, 2024. SBA representatives are available at the following Disaster Loan Outreach Centers to answer questions about SBA's disaster loan program and the application process. 

LOS ANGELES & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES

Disaster Loan Outreach Center, Mt. Baldy Village Church

6757 Bear Canyon Rd., Mt. Baldy, CA  91759

Opens 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28

Mondays - Fridays, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Closed on Monday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day

Closes 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19

LOS ANGELES & SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES

Disaster Loan Outreach Center, Wrightwood Library – Community Room

6011 Pine St., Wrightwood, CA  92397

Opens 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28

Mondays - Wednesdays, 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Thursdays - Fridays, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Closed on Monday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day

Closes 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19

Please see the link here to SBA's Business Preparedness Guide that may benefit your business in avoiding damages in a future disaster. 

This guide is intended to help businesses and for-profit entities identify relevant new and existing state funding resources for recovery and success.

The guide includes:

• An index of available and forecasted business incentives 
• A Finding Funding Toolkit for identifying State funding resources 
• Links to Go-Biz Services
• A listing of all GO-Biz agency email subscriptions