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Candidates propose grants, fee relief and promotion to help downtown businesses during renovation
Summary
Candidates at the forum described downtown revitalization as a long‑term benefit but acknowledged short‑term pain for small businesses, proposing relief such as fee waivers, grant help and coordinated promotion to offset lost sales.
Several candidates at the OPEC forum acknowledged downtown construction and revitalization will likely benefit Havre de Grace in the long term while imposing short‑term losses on small businesses. They offered a range of responses: suspend certain fees, improve grant support and increase tourist promotion.
"There are certain avenues, that they can go to, much like they did with COVID," Johnny Boker said, noting the city’s economic development and…
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