
Four Menifee small-business owners were delighted Tuesday, Jan. 12, to see members of the Menifee City Council, Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Menifee Rotary appear at their storefronts with $5,000 checks desperately needed to offset their COVID-19 revenue losses.Accepting the checks provided by the city’s Phase 4 Menifee Cares Grant Program offering small business experiencing economic hardships $1,500 to $5,000 forgivable grants because of the COVID-19 restrictions were Menifee Lakes Optometry, J’s Barbershop, Breakfast House Los Tejabanes and Gallant Medical Supply. The Menifee Rotary Club also offered the businesses employees COVID-19 regulation face masks during the special presentation.The city in past months has offered other $5,000 grants to other businesses