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Trustees debate Place Boundary contract; volunteer business‑alliance group offers to form nonprofit and mentor new board
Summary
Trustee discussion returned to a previously tabled resolution to extend a contract with Place Boundary to promote a business alliance. Several trustees sought alternatives; a volunteer group of local business leaders offered to mentor a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit instead of using public funds for a contractor.
The board reopened a previously tabled item (resolution 2025R39) that would have extended a professional‑services agreement with Place Boundary to promote a local business alliance. During discussion trustees considered an alternative: a volunteer‑led nonprofit business alliance assisted by local practitioners and mentors rather than a contracted firm.
Trustee Rusty Wright introduced the volunteer option and said he and others had assembled a group of experienced downtown leaders and nonprofit operators who are willing to mentor a newly forming organization and assist with basic nonprofit startup tasks. “All these folks are happy to do this. It’s not gonna cost us a dime,” Wright said, describing…
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