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Economic Alliance seeks county to apply for CDBG microenterprise funds; public hearing held
Summary
The Economic Alliance asked commissioners to act as the applicant for a CDBG microenterprise technical‑assistance grant (about $250,000 over three years) to support small businesses; the board opened and closed a public hearing and commissioners voiced support for outreach.
The Economic Alliance asked the Okanogan County Board of Commissioners to serve as the applicant and pass funds through for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) microenterprise program that would provide technical assistance to very small businesses across the county.
The request matters because the county’s role as grantee enables small-business assistance funding and reporting for communities that lack other grant-administration capacity; the Economic Alliance said the award would help diversify its funding stream at a time when state and federal funding streams face uncertainty.
Ronnie Holder Diefenbach,…
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