A $9.5 million funding pool is on offer for small and medium businesses in flood-impacted towns and villages across the Northern Rivers.
Towns and Villages Resilient Business Activation Program is funded by the NSW Labor government.
The media release reads, ‘Successful applicants must show how the project will benefit the local community and how it aligns with one or more of the program’s objectives’.
‘Examples of projects that could be funded include repairing or replacing damaged fixed equipment, machinery, or infrastructure needed to keep the business operating or the implementation of flood barriers, elevated foundations, waterproofing, flood resilient doors or windows and drainage systems’.
Contact [email protected] or visit https://rd.smartygrants.com.au/rbap for more information.


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