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Love the Square reports growth, seeks STEP grant to expand downtown projects
Summary
Love the Square presented its 2024 annual report to the Board of Aldermen, highlighting new businesses, volunteer hours, grant investments, visitor counts and plans to pursue a $20,000 STEP grant from Missouri Main Street to fund downtown design and funding development.
Love the Square, the downtown revitalization nonprofit, presented its 2024 annual report to the Harrisonville Board of Aldermen, reporting new businesses, volunteer hours, and plans to pursue additional technical and grant support.
"Our mission is to revitalize the downtown area," said Jessica Jung, president of Love the Square. Jung told the board the group recorded roughly 1,600 volunteer hours in 2024, a conservative estimated local economic value of $52,847, awarded $4,500 in façade grants that leveraged about $22,000 in private investments, and attracted an…
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