July 10 deadline for borough grants to businesses, nonprofits

The application period for the Haines Borough’s small business and nonprofit COVID-19 relief grants opened on June 25 and will remain open until 5 p.m. July 10.

As of Tuesday, the borough had received 24 applications, chief fiscal officer Jila Stuart said. She said so far, nearly all applications have come from businesses rather than nonprofits.

The borough’s program awards grants between $500 and$10,000 to businesses based on their 2019 borough sales tax returns, and…