Five San Bruno Businesses Need Your Vote for $250K Grant

Five San Bruno small businesses are hoping residents will help them win a $250,000 grant this month.

A travel website, a Tae Kwon Do studio, a home design shop are among the San Bruno competitors registered for the Small Business Grant program by Chase Bank and Google and are in need of votes.

According to the site, the grant is offered to small businesses throughout the country that have been in business for a minimum of two years and have less than 100 employees. The winners pool is $3 million and will be awarded in $250,000 increments to 12 businesses to aid them in growing their businesses. 

In order to qualify for second-round consideration, each business must submit five essays as well as gather 250 votes of support on the sponsors' web site, with voters validated though a Facebook account.

Additional information on the contest, participants and rules is available online.

The businesses from San Bruno with submitted entries:

• alphaflightguru.com
• Burn Enterprises LLC
• Dancel's Academy of Tae Kwon Do
• Florence Wu Interior Design
• Stephen Kiss. Fine Arts & Design Co LLC