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Tooele County board narrows approach to small-business grants: reimbursement preferred, $10,000 typical award
Summary
Board members revised the grant application draft, emphasizing post-performance reimbursement, prioritizing applicant investment and projected sales growth in scoring, and aiming to finalize the application for a vote at the next meeting.
The County Economic Opportunity Board discussed revisions to its small-business grant application and agreed on several procedural aims: emphasize reimbursement after documented, eligible expenses; clarify reporting requirements; keep a typical maximum award near $10,000; and adjust scoring to give more weight to applicant investment and projected sales growth while retaining job-creation metrics required by state rural grant criteria.
Britney, a board member who drafted the application text, said she reweighted scoring to favor the amount the business owner is willing to invest and to simplify the application so small operators are not discouraged. Members said some small businesses (for example, service…
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