Texas Border Business
BCIC and the City of Brownsville have partnered together to offer businesses located within the City of Brownsville a zero-interest forgivable financing in response to the economic hardships experienced by small businesses resulting from the COVID-19 virus. This unique financing tool offers forgivable loans to small businesses operating in the City of Brownsville that have been negatively affected by the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in an effort to retain jobs and stabilize local businesses.
The ReOpen for Business Forgivable Loan application deadline has been extended to June 25th at 12:00 PM. BCIC is also accepting applications from businesses that have fewer than 50 employees and has at least one (1) full-time low-to-moderate income employee (The prior eligibility was 15 or fewer employees).
Please visit our website below to learn more about the low-to-moderate income employee qualifications and other eligibility requirements.
Applications are only accepted online using our application portal at https://bcic.submittable.com/submit. If you have any questions in regards to eligibility or the application process, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email at cpena@bcic.us.