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Haslet HCEDC Type B Board suspends Building Improvement Grant Program for legal review
Summary
On Feb. 26, 2025, the Haslet HCEDC Type B Board voted unanimously to suspend its Building Improvement (business improvement) Grant Program pending a legal review after board members identified missing performance-agreement language and potential conflicts with economic development statute.
The Haslet HCEDC Type B Board voted unanimously Feb. 26, 2025, to suspend its Building Improvement Grant Program pending legal review after members raised concerns that the program lacks written performance agreements and may not comply with the statute governing economic development corporations.
Board member Mister Mayer, who presented the item, said the program — described in board materials alternately as a "business development program" and a "business improvement program" — appears to predate 2014 and contains inconsistent language about matching amounts. "Stop. Second paragraph, first sentence. The business improvement program offers a 50% matching grant up to $10,000. Okay. Tell me which one is it," Mayer said, referring to a separate passage that…
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