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Economic development office outlines downtown cleanups, small-business support and new nonprofit platform

5532975 · August 5, 2025
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Frank Robinson, representing Montgomery's Department of Economic and Community Development, gave a detailed update on downtown cleanup efforts, digital marketing results, ARPA-funded streetscape planning, small-business assistance, and a proposed nonprofit platform to support reinvestment and housing.

Frank Robinson, representing the Montgomery Department of Economic and Community Development, presented a progress report to the City Council outlining downtown cleanup work, business-support programs and plans for a city-backed nonprofit platform.

Robinson said a targeted digital advertising campaign launched in June produced more than 171,000 impressions and “more than 1,400 direct clicks,” and that the campaign's click-through rate was “20 times the national average,” evidence, he said, that “interest in Montgomery is growing.” He described downtown cleanup metrics including 231…

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