Galloway Grill tops list in latest Greene County ARPA round

Southeast Springfield restaurant and bar Galloway Grill is the top recipient in the latest American Rescue Plan Act funding round from Greene County.

The establishment was selected to receive $23,000 by the Greene County Commission, according to a news release.

It's one of 41 awards approved during the sixth round of small-business funding from the county's ARPA pool. The $372,543 in funding brings small-business ARPA grants from the county up to $3.7 million since July 2022.

Other recipients that received $15,000 or more in the funding round are Oke-Thomas & Associates Inc., at $15,000, as well as Backwoods Golf LLC and Dove Dental Group LLC, at $16,000 apiece. [Editor's note: The full list of recipients is attached with the images above.]

With its $56.9 million ARPA allocation, the commission has set aside $20.4 million for collaboration projects, $12 million for nonprofits, $10.2 million for countywide projects and $8 million for small businesses, with the remainder being held in reserves, according to past reporting. Funding is designed to support the economic response and recovery related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the commission has until 2024 to allocate the money.