Millions in grants from Key Bridge fund go to small businesses still bouncing back from collapse impact

If it were about the money, Erica Watkins probably would've thrown in the towel a while ago. But keeping this restaurant open is about her passion - for cooking, and for her customers.

"I used my money from the beginning all the way to now, even through the Key Bridge. Every dime I had, I used," Watkins told WMAR-2 News.

When the Key Bridge collapsed, Watkins saw a big decrease in truck traffic around her business, Miss Erica's Kitchen, located just over the Anne Arundel County line.

"And I'm gonna be honest, until I actually had to do my taxes and stuff, I didn't realize that it was a tremendous loss," she said. "I could not believe how I stayed open."

But when she heard the Baltimore Community Foundation, the Greater Baltimore Committee, and three local community development organizations were offering 3 million dollars in direct cash grants, she wasn't even going to apply.

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Source: WMAR-2 News