🌱 $2,500 Micro Grant + $100M Luxury Apartments+ Fast Growing Biz List

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Here are the top 3 stories in Orange County today:

1. A new luxury apartment building project received a $100 million construction loan. Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC (BWE), a national mortgage banking company with an office in Irvine, announced the financing is for the proposed five-story, 321-unit luxury apartment building in Stanton, California. The Cloud House project will have studio, one- and two-bedroom units, and will be built by Bonanni Development, "one of Orange County’s top residential developers." The planned building is part of the revitalization of Beach Boulevard in the Stanton neighborhood. (Real Estate Weekly)
2. If you have a small Businesses in Orange County that was impacted by COVID-19, you can claim a $2,500 Grant. On Monday, Orange County reopened the applications for its micro business grants program. The grants are funded by the California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program, and will be "issued until funding is exhausted," county officials said. Way to go, Orange County! (Orange County Patch)
3. The Orange County Business Journal is now accepting entries for Fast Growing Private Companies in Orange County! Fast growing O.C. businesses that make the list will be featured in the Business Journal's annual list of Orange County’s Fastest-Growing Privately Held Companies, scheduled to appear in a September 19 Special Report. The O.C. Business Journal noted that companies must be "owned by an individual, a group of people, families, venture capitalists, private equity firms or other investors" with annual sales that have rapidly grown over the two years from mid-2020 to mid-2022. Only Orange County-based companies qualify. You can find out more about this story here: (Orange County Business Journal)

Today in Orange County:

• Power of Positive Parenting - The Priority Center. (All Day)
• Hawaiian Day - Boys & Girls Club of Laguna Beach. (All Day)
• The Great Plein Air Art Experience - Crystal Cove Conservancy (9 a.m.)
• Cold War: Soviet, Spies and Secrets. (10 a.m.)
• Dance Party: Rancho Santa Margarita Library. (10:30 a.m.)

From my notebook:

• Orange County Sheriff's Department, C.A.: "When you keep the entrances to your backyard locked, you are adding additional steps for a burglar to go through." (Orange County Sheriff's Department, CA via Facebook)
• Orange County Register: "The plane landed in the eastbound lanes west of the 15 Freeway at about 12:30 p.m., the California Highway Patrol said." (Orange County Register via Facebook)
• Orange County Pit Bull Rescue: "Losing a pet is never easy… and for Dexters family to think of us and make a donation in his memory and honor just means so very much to us." (Orange County Pit Bull Rescue via Facebook)
• O.C. Parks: "Find your inner warrior this Friday, Aug. 12 at the showing of Raya and the Last Dragon at Laguna Niguel Regional Park in Laguna Niguel." (OC Parks via Instagram)
• CASA of Orange County - Court Appointed Special Advocates: "Almost half of Orange County children in foster care are boys, yet only 15% of CASAs are men." (CASA of Orange County - Court Appointed Special Advocates via Facebook)

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• Summer Swing Nights - 5th Anniversary. (August 13)
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• Lake Forest Martial Arts School Grand Opening. (September 10)
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That's it for today. I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow morning with a new update!

— Paula Constance

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