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City reports rising festival attendance, business grant applications and upcoming events
Summary
Assistant City Manager Alex Zekiroff reported growth at the multicultural festival, listed upcoming events including a fire station open house and a ’Pups and Police’ event, and said 14 small-business grant applications have been received as of Sept. 22.
Assistant City Manager Alex Zekiroff provided several community updates at the Sept. 22 Huber Heights City Council meeting: the Sept. 13 multicultural festival drew 947 visitors and 18 vendors (up from 845 last year), a fire-station open house will be held Sept. 28 at the Brant Pike fire station from noon to 3 p.m., and the Police Division will host the annual "Pups and Police" event on Thursday, Oct. 16 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Dogtown Huber Heights adjacent to the new government center under construction.
Alex also reminded the council that the city’s small-business grant program was open through Oct. 17 at 5 p.m.; as of the council meeting staff had received 14 grant applications. The program allows businesses to apply in multiple categories (for example, veteran-owned and minority-owned) if they meet the eligibility criteria for each category.
Why it matters: The numbers indicate growing community participation in city-sponsored events and an early response to an economic-development grant intended to support small businesses. Council members thanked staff and the Culture and Diversity Citizens Action Commission for the multicultural festival.
Ending: Staff said the grant-review committee will convene after the application deadline to evaluate submissions; no award decisions were made at the meeting.
