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Council asks staff to start outreach on downtown façade grant idea, seeks property‑owner engagement
Summary
Following strategic‑planning direction, council members directed staff to design a façade/frontage grant program and to begin outreach to downtown property owners to gauge interest and match levels.
Port Orchard councilors on July 22 directed staff to begin developing a downtown façade and frontage improvement grant program and to start outreach with downtown property owners to test appetite for cost‑sharing, a policy that would aim to incentivize façade and frontage upgrades.
City attorney and staff told the council that a program is legally feasible if it is crafted with a public nexus and clear policy safeguards. "From a legal perspective, we would need to have a policy…
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