When storms rolled through the Greater Cincinnati area in July and August, flash flooding and power outages led to major problems for some small business owners.
On Wednesday, the Duke Energy Foundation announced 26 small businesses that will receive grants to help offset financial losses.
We spoke to Duke Energy last month about its partnership with the Cincinnati Regional Chamber on a $100,000 grant program to support small business owners impacted by the storms. Grant recipients will receive between $2,500 and $10,000.
WATCH: Hear what small business owners receiving grants said about how it will help them recover
Duke Energy grants help 26 storm-hit small businesses recoverAli's Bar and Grill in Madeira is one of the 26 recipients. Owner Alison Tepe-Guy said the restaurant lost power for more than two days during August's storms.
You think youre prepared for everything, but youre truly not," Tepe-Guy said.
She said her restaurant lost roughly $25,000 in revenue and in food and drinks that had to be tossed.
No matter what we were doing, we had three generators running; it still couldnt hold the food, and with the power outage, we lost quite a bit," Tepe-Guy said.
As part of the grant program, her restaurant will receive $5,000.
"Itll help us tremendously," Tepe-Guy said. "Thats two days of revenue for sure.
Grant money is also going to other east side businesses that were impacted by severe flash flooding in July.
DJ Snider, the owner of Patty's Old Fashioned Popcorn in Hyde Park, said his business will get $2,500.
Its very exciting," Snider said.
He said his store had about $70,000 worth of damage from the flash flooding. He said the money will help fund new holiday-season flavors.
That money is literally going to just go right to making a new product that were going to sell the rest of the year," Snider said.
Matt Martin with Duke Energy said they're hopeful the money can help some small businesses get back on their feet.
We really want to not only keep the lights on for our customers, but also support the communities that we serve," Martin said.
Snider and Tepe-Guy said they're still working to recover, but both said that knowing others are willing to help makes recovery a little easier.
I guess as small businesses, were all in the shadow of bigger businesses," Snider said. "But its like an honor that someone like that, who has that kind of money available, its amazing."
See below for a full list of businesses getting grant money and the amount they're receiving:
Business Location Grant Amount Enquirer Printing Company Cincinnati (Newtown area), OH $10,000 Jake's River Landing Harrison, OH $10,000 Neko Sushi Cincinnati, OH $10,000 Ali's Bar and Grill Madeira, OH $5,000 Grammas Pizza Batavia Batavia, OH $5,000 Popular Strandz LLC Cincinnati, OH $5,000 The Crystalary Cincinnati, OH $5,000 Zip's Caf Cincinnati, OH $5,000 Camp Washington Steak and Lemonade Cincinnati, OH $2,500 De Iorio Ventures LLC DBA Brewd Cincinnati, OH $2,500 Delamere & Hopkins Cincinnati, OH $2,500 Delwood Cincinnati, OH $2,500 Dovetale Bakery Cincinnati, OH $2,500 Fazels Rug Gallery Cincinnati, OH $2,500 Hyde Park Salon Cincinnati, OH $2,500 Kindred Hospitality Group Cincinnati, OH $2,500 Leeli + Lou Cincinnati, OH $2,500 Lisa's Wayside Inn LLC Russellville, OH $2,500 Magnolia Nails Cincinnati, OH $2,500 Mojave East/Rincon Newtown, OH $2,500 Pattys Old Fashioned Popcorn Cincinnati, OH $2,500 Poeme, Ltd. Cincinnati, OH $2,500 Quince & Quinn Cincinnati, OH $2,500 Salon Rhonda Cincinnati, OH $2,500 The Chill Out Batavia, OH $2,500 VV Mt Lookout LLC Cincinnati, OH $2,500 TOTAL 26 businesses $100,000
