Local Fund To Assist Small Businesses Receives Investment From BrightRidge

The RegionAhead fund to assist small businesses in the area that are beginning to fully reopen the economy is getting a economic boost with an investment from BrightRidge Electric The Board of Directors voted to invest another 50 thousand dollars to the fund and challenged other regional electric utilities both public and private, to match its most recent investment. In all, BrightRidge has donated one hundred thousand dollars to RegionAhead, a fund organized by area businesses and Chamber of Commerce leaders that provides grants to small businesses being affected by the Coronavirus outbreak.