Business Interruption Fund

Metro Business Interruption Fund Reaches $1 Million Mark

A grant program created to assist small businesses impacted by Southland light-rail construction topped the $1 million mark last week as officials handed a $50,000 check to the owner of a Crenshaw Boulevard salon. Metro’s Business Interruption Fund has doled out more than 60 grants of varying amounts to “mom-and-pop” businesses, most of them located along the path of the 8.5-mile, $2.06 billion Crenshaw/LAX light rail line that will connect the Expo and Green lines. “Local businesses are the lifeline of a community,” county Supervisor and Metro board Chairman Mark Ridley-Thomas said. “Since construction began on the Crenshaw/LAX line, our