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Belton council backs Missouri Main Street grant application after debate over nonprofit role and $14,000 match
Summary
The City Council approved a resolution endorsing a Missouri Main Street Community Empowerment Program grant application and signaled city support for a newly forming downtown nonprofit, despite questions about who will lead the group and whether the city should shoulder a $14,000 match.
The Belton City Council voted to endorse the city’s application to the Missouri Main Street Community Empowerment Program, approving a resolution that allows staff to support a grassroots effort to rejoin the state Main Street network.
City staff described the Missouri Main Street program as a two-year initiative that provides a consultant, training and technical assistance, noting the program offers a competitive $45,000 grant and requires a local match of about $14,000. “We’re not asking the city to take charge of this. We’re asking for help to get started,” an organizer leading the effort said, adding that the new nonprofit would be the primary implementer and that staff assistance would be limited to usual event support.
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