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County board approves Building Bridges small-business program, creates temporary staff position
Summary
Milwaukee County Board approved use of an Economic Development reserve to launch a Building Bridges Small Business and Commercial Corridor Activation Program, backed by an amendment that adds quarterly reporting and oversight and funds a multi-year staff position.
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors on May 22 approved a plan to use a dormant economic development reserve to launch a Building Bridges Small Business and Commercial Corridor Activation Program intended to support small businesses across municipalities in the county.
The resolution, introduced in the Committee on Finance and adopted after an amendment, authorizes the Department of Administrative Services and Economic Development to draw on an Economic Development reserve (originally created in 2011) to fund the new program and hire a temporary staff person to administer it. Supervisor Robert Taylor…
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