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Dawsonville DDA splits remaining grant funds among three downtown projects, flags grant-program overhaul
Summary
The Downtown Development Authority voted to divide remaining grant funds evenly among three applicants — two restaurant projects and a coffee-shop renovation — and agreed to revisit the DDA grant rules and a possible shift to a facade-focused program at a later meeting.
The Downtown Development Authority of Dawsonville voted to divide its remaining incentive funds evenly among three recent applicants for the DDA grant program, the board said Tuesday during a special-call meeting.
The board approved splitting the remaining grant balance equally among the three projects — the restaurant renovation pitched by Cindy Dickinson Knight and an associated property-owner application, plus improvements at IGY6 Coffee — after hearing project details, cost breakdowns and discussion about prioritizing job creation.
The vote followed presentation of a new worksheet designed to show scope items and paired quotes for each line of a renovation, which Downtown Development Director Amanda Edmonson told the board was intended to make bids easier to compare. Edmonson said the worksheet breaks…
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