The Downtown Walla Walla Foundation (DWWF) received $632,250 worth of grants to distribute to for-profit startups. The grants will be given out in two separate rounds: the first will consist of technical assistance grants, and the second will be cash rewards.
The first round of grants are memberships to organizations geared towards helping businesses in their “idea and growth stage,” according to the foundation.
Executive Director of the DWWF Kathryn Witherington explained that the first round of grants being distributed consists of four separate options, valued from $2,000 to $5,000.
“It’s a Kindling Coworking Membership, it’s an annual membership to Makerspace [called WonderWorx, a workshop for business startups] that’s opening up, a membership to the downtown farmers market or a branding package,” Witherington said. “We have gotten the directive from [the…
