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Economic development director: downtown grants, supermarket talks and brownfield remediation moving forward
Summary
East Point’s economic-development director briefed council on facade grant awards, the Commons brownfield remediation, supermarket recruitment and film productions; staff said selected facade-award contracts will be sent to recipients and that redevelopment and brownfield work are active.
City economic-development director Melvin Rogers told the council Aug. 11 the department is advancing a set of downtown programs, brownfield remediation and business recruitment initiatives it says are designed to support job creation and renewed investment.
Rogers said the city received 87 applications for a façade grant program and selected 31 awardees; the city has notified awardees of the grant amounts and will send contracts to awardees this week for signature before work begins. He said the program awards funds by ward — a formula was used to ensure distribution across Wards A through D and a special downtown allocation.
Rogers also…
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