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DeKalb signals $20,000 commitment to Breakthrough Business; $50,000 emergency assistance fund to remain in reserve
Summary
After public comment from Chad Glover, the City of DeKalb directed staff to include $20,000 for Breakthrough Business in the FY2026 budget and to keep a $50,000 emergency assistance reserve for on-demand uses for DeKalb residents; council asked staff to create guardrails for distribution.
Chad Glover addressed the City Council and Finance Advisory Committee at a Nov. 17 special joint meeting and asked the city to continue supporting local entrepreneurship programming. Glover said he was representing Opportunity to Cal and Breakthrough Business and described the Breakthrough Community Business Academy as a 12-week cohort followed by two years of business assistance services.
"The investment the city has made ... has been catalytic and has really allowed us to move the ball forward," Glover told the council. Council members…
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