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City rolls out small‑business resource guide and announces $30,000 Duke Energy grant to award local businesses

5393183 · July 15, 2025
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Council and staff described a new Small Business Community Resource Guide on the city website, plans for a permit portal, the Mason Small Business Community Impact Award (nominations due Aug. 1) and a $30,000 Duke Energy grant the city will distribute to qualifying small businesses.

City staff and the small-business committee updated council on July 14 about several small-business initiatives: a Small Business Community Resource Guide posted on the city website, a new permits portal in development, the Mason Small Business Community Impact Award (nominations due Aug. 1), and a recently awarded $30,000 Duke Energy grant to distribute to qualifying local businesses.

Assistant City Manager Jennifer Heff demonstrated how the resource guide appears on the city website and emphasized that property…

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