On Tuesday, May 24, there will be a Farm School on Wheels pop event for small businesses by the Women’s Business Center of Fayetteville from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 

The event will be held at Freedom Memorial Park at 618 Hay Street in downtown Fayetteville. 

The Farm School on Wheels is a road show of North Carolina helping walk entrepreneurs through the gran application process. 

Those in attendance will receive help preparing for and applying to the RETOOLNC program. There will also be additional strategies and tactics to help small businesses grow. 

“This is important because it has such a huge impact on our local community,” said Caitlin Chastain, a business consultant with WBCFay. “The grant is meant to help small businesses, female-owned businesses, veteran-owned businesses, and minority-owned businesses.”

The RETOOLNC program is a grant program that provides grant funds for small businesses that were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible businesses must have 50 employees or less.

Grants are only available to the businesses with $1,500,000 or less in revenue, according to 2019 tax filing information. Businesses selected for a grant will be awarded with $10,000 with the opportunity to receive more. 

“This event is really unique because they’re going to have a 32 foot bus that will be parked and everyone can just bring their chairs and blankets to learn about the grant and more about the application process,” added Chastain.

Those that wish to attend may register here.