Twenty-eight entities awarded grants

Twenty-eight entities in Quay County received a total of $412,000 in small-business CARES Act grants awarded by the state of New Mexico late last year because of the economic hardships from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many of the awards in the county were $10,000. The largest grant of $40,000 went to To-Jack LLC, which operates the Cornerstone First Edition, Kix on 66 and Vaquero Asador restaurants in Tucumcari.

They were part of the coronavirus relief grants awarded by the New Mexico Finance Authority after the state legislature during a November special session earmarked $100 million from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

According to a news release earlier in January from the finance authority, a total of 6,642 businesses in New Mexico received a grant.

The authority received 14,125 grant applications totaling $156 million in requests during the application period from Dec. 7 to Dec. 18. The state awarded 60% of the grants to businesses in urban areas and 40% in rural areas.

Businesses receiving grants included restaurants, hotels, retail stores, nonprofit organizations, manufacturers, accountants and more. Grants ranged from $2,000 to $50,000, with an average award of $15,000, the release stated.

Lynn Taulbee of the finance authority on Wednesday provided to the Quay County Sun a spreadsheet of all the grants awards and applicants in the state.

Quay County grant awardees below are listed by entity name, city, business category and grant amount:

• Odeon Theatre, Tucumcari, arts, entertainment and recreation, $10,000

• Mountain View Bowl, Tucumcari, arts, entertainment and recreation, $10,000

• Tucumcari 2900 LLC, Tucumcari, accommodation, $15,000

• Tucumcari Hospitality LLC, Tucumcari, accommodation, $15,000

• Roadrunner Lodge LLC, Tucumcari, accommodation, $15,000

• SMB Hospitality and Investments LLC, dba Holiday Inn Express, accommodation, Tucumcari, $25,000

• BMB Inc., dba Days Inn, Tucumcari, accommodation, $15,000

• 1st American Hospitality, dba Econo Lodge, Tucumcari, accommodation, $15,000

• Summit Hospitality LLC, Tucumcari, accommodation, $10,000

• Mama T’s Road to Ruin, Logan, food services and drinking places, $15,000

• To-Jack LLC, Tucumcari, food services and drinking places, $40,000

• Loretta’s Burrito Hut, Tucumcari, food services and drinking places, $15,000

• DFL Properties LLC, Tucumcari, food services and drinking places, $30,000

• Rubee’s To Go, Tucumcari, food services and drinking places, $10,000

• Haney & Haney LLC, Tucumcari, food services and drinking places, $30,000

• American Legion Post 77, Logan, nonprofit food services and drinking places, $10,000

• Bob’s Upholstery, Tucumcari, all other industries, $10,000

• Richard R. Reid, dba Dinghy Dick’s Marine, Logan, all other industries, $10,000

• Arteformz, Tucumcari, all other industries, $10,000

• ABAL LLC, Logan, all other industries, $25,000

• Hoyt & Eric Cattle Co., Melrose, all other industries, $10,000

• Doyle Rush Drilling Co., McAlister, all other industries, $10,000

• Clothesline Etc. Inc., dba Boulevard Cleaners, Tucumcari, all other industries, $10,000

• Rix Security Services, Tucumcari, all other industries, $10,000

• William B. Runyan, House, all other industries, $10,000

• St. Anne, Tucumcari, nonprofit all other industries, $10,000

• Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Lodge 1172, Tucumcari, nonprofit food services and drinking places, $15,000

• Wescot Inc., Tucumcari, non-employer, $2,000

Eligible businesses of 100 or fewer employees included for-profit businesses that were at least 51% owned by New Mexico residents and nonprofit organizations. Applications were prioritized based on the severity of the economic effect of the pandemic.

Special consideration was given to industries that had been severely affected by the public health emergency, including hotels, restaurants and other hospitality and tourism-related businesses. New Mexico small businesses experiencing financial hardship due to the pandemic were eligible to receive up to $50,000.

These entities in Quay County applied for a grant but were not awarded one:

• Tucumcari Ranch Supply, Tucumcari

• Sabrina Gaskill LCSW, Tucumcari

• English Law Firm PC, Tucumcari

• Evans Farms, Tucumcari

• KSK Tucumcari LLC, dba Super 8, Tucumcari

• Southwest Peach Studios, Tucumcari

• Case & Company LLC, Tucumcari

• Puppylove Grooming and Boarding, Tucumcari

• Transformation Steam Cleaners, Tucumcari

• TMS General Construction LLC, Tucumcari

• Dale Stulle Limited Company LLC, Nara Visa

• Mighty Marine Repairs LLC, Logan

• Janesh LLC, dba America’s Best Value Inn, Tucumcari

• Night Owl Express LLC, Tucumcari

• KM Landscapes Plus LLC, Tucumcari

• Jackson Glass, Tucumcari

• Route 66 Pawn & Sales LLC, Tucumcari

• T&M Fuels LLC, House

• Tucumcari Animal Hospital, Tucumcari

• JS Fencing and More LLC, Logan

• Robindawn Properties LLC, dba Blue Swallow Motel, Tucumcari

• CCK, Tucumcari

• Mary’s Mainstreet Gym LLC, Tucumcari

• Wild at Heart Floral, Tucumcari

• Motel Safari, Tucumcari

• Bar XX Cattle Co., Grady

• Lopez Farms Enterprise Inc., Tucumcari

• Tucumcari Tarot, Tucumcari

• G. Hoyt Rush, Grady

• Edd Eric Rush, Melrose

• Larry Don Rush, Grady

• Ashjiv LLC, Tucumcari

• Doyle W. Rush and Tonya Rush Venture, McAlister

• Sadie Rush, McAlister

• Daniel Construction Co., Tucumcari

• Doyle Rush, McAlister