MIDCOAST — A total of 51 businesses in Lincoln County received aid money from the second phase of the Maine Economic Recovery Grant Program. 

The grant program, backed by $200 million in Federal CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Funds, provides some financial relief for businesses and non-profit organizations that incurred business disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The second phase of the program expanded access to funds by increasing the number of eligible organizations. Under the second phase, businesses and non-profits that employ up to 250 people are eligible for grant awards. In addition, licensed childcare and behavioral health organizations were eligible in this round, along with businesses and non-profits in their first year of operation.

Statewide, 1,222 awards were disbursed in the second phase, including 1,107 to businesses and 115 to non-profits, totaling $53.6 million dollars and averaging just over $43,000 per award.

The hospitality sector, particularly lodging and accommodations and restaurants, represent the largest percentage of recipients, drawing 29 percent of the awards, according to a news release. In addition, the Maine Economic Recovery Grant provided $7.4 million in grants to 193 businesses and non-profits that are less than a year old.

The grants are intended to help sustain the viability of Maine’s small businesses and nonprofits – not to replace lost profits – and will provide short-term relief to help stabilize Maine’s economy. 

Grants awarded through the program may be used to cover expenses including payroll costs and expenses; rent or mortgage payments for business facilities; utilities payments; necessary operating expenses; expenses incurred to replenish inventory or other necessary re-opening expenses; purchase of personal protective equipment required by the business- or business-related equipment.

In Lincoln County, 51 businesses received grants totaling $2,192,060.02 of aid money flowing into the county, with an average of $42,981.57 being distributed to businesses. The lowest amount of aid was $926.80 with the highest award being the maximum of $100,000. 

The municipalities with the most businesses receiving aid were Boothbay Harbor (12 businesses receiving $644,855.94), Boothbay (five businesses receiving $231,862.39), Waldoboro (five businesses receiving $181,973.45) and Wiscasset (five businesses receiving $222,920.56). 

Boothbay
Boothbay Canine Daycare and Boarding, LLC. — $8,037.67
Boothbay Yacht Refinishing — $48,307.22
Cameron Clan Snack Co. — $74,000.00
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens — $100,000.00
Sea Glass Spa — $1,517.50

Boothbay Harbor
Baker's Way — $27,491.00
Blue Heron Seaside Inn — $54,085.88
Boothbay Region YMCA — $100,000.00
Gimbels of Maine, Inc. — $926.80
Gleason Fine Art — $100,000.00
Harbor House Inn LLC — $41,066.60
J Schatz Inc — $50,000.00
Log Cabin Shoes, LLC — $17,661.33
Midcoast Hospitality Group — $100,000.00
Pier One Pizza, Inc. — $45,636.22
The Inn at Greenleaf Lane Inc — $67,988.11
Uncharted Ventures — $40,000.00

Damariscotta
Best Thai Restaurant — $11,042.60
Neighborhood Clay — $4,124.11
Oak Gables Bed & Breakfast — $6,124.22
Village Travel — $4,543.89

East Boothbay
Boothbay Sea and Science Center — $78,146.33
Five Gables Inn — $100,000.00
Ocean Point Inn — $100,000.00
SCI Inc. — $13,243.78

Edgecomb
Clay Money Inc — $16,362.33
Haggett Hill Kennel Inc — $62,442.55
Julie Hofheimer, LMT — $5,901.56
The Lincoln Home — $100,000.00

Monhegan Island
Hitchcock House — $1,481.00
Shining Sails Inc — $39,537.33

New Harbor
Saltwater Artists Gallery — $5,465.33
The Gosnold Arms — $100,000.00

Newcastle
Colby's Auto Center & Tire — $7,787.33
Don Hunt Inc. — $70,637.78
Failte Go Cairde — $19,184.89
Gilbert Gay LLC — $7,555.00

Nobleboro
Alewives Fabrics — $40,179.56
Broken Bow Archery — $4,762.55

South Bristol
Serpent Scale Systems LLC — $100,000.00

Waldoboro
902 Main LLC — $10,000.00
Glenn Barbour — $45,000.00
Moody's Restaurant Inc. — $100,000.00
Sheepscot Bay Physical Therapy — $14,440.67
Windward Enterprises — $12,532.78

Whitefield
Wayne Mullens — $11,925.54

Wiscasset
Consulting by Rebekah — $18,020.67
JJS Playhouse — $9,345.00
Old and Everlasting — $24,000.00
Taste of Orient — $71,554.89
Valhalla LLC — $100,000.00