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Main Street directors tell Committee that stagnant base grants limit services as costs rise
Summary
Main Street program leaders said baseline grants have not kept pace with inflation and that the one-time enhancements the Council added helped, but they need permanent increases and a review of delivery models to serve more of the city's small businesses.
Directors of multiple DC Main Street programs urged the Committee to convert one-time enhancements into recurring baseline funding and to commission a program review to explore new delivery models.
"The annual grant award was $150,000. Adjusting for inflation that same amount is nearly $200,000 today," Brianne Dornbush, executive director of District Bridges, told the…
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