Small-business retention program sees early demand; board sets Oct. 9 cutoff and Oct. 27 presentations
Staff reported seven pending applications requesting $27,000 against a $30,000 budget. Directors debated subcommittee review versus full-board presentations for this pilot year; the board agreed to keep the initial presentations before the full board, asked staff to set an Oct. 9 deadline for packet inclusion, and scheduled applicant presentations for Oct. 27.
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Staff announced that the small-business retention program launched two weeks ago at the mayor's roundtable and has already produced multiple applications. "We did officially launch the small business retention program 2 weeks ago at the mayor's roundtable. We have it on the website. We have it on our socials. Within those 2 weeks, we have already have sent... 7 pending applications," the staff member identified in the meeting transcript as "Miss Jimenez" said, adding that three applications request equipment/software grants and four request advertising campaigns for a total ask of $27,000 against a $30,000 budget.
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