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Cathedral City’s Ignite program offers free ribbon cuttings, business support for creative firms

Cathedral City Public Arts Commission · February 11, 2026
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Economic development manager Eric Bessel outlined Ignite, a no-cost city service that coordinates ribbon cuttings, certificates and communications for new or milestone local businesses and artists; the program also links entrepreneurs to workshops and one-on-one counseling.

Economic development manager Eric Bessel told the Cathedral City Public Arts Commission that the city’s Ignite program offers no-cost support to new and milestone businesses, including official city ribbon cuttings, certificates of recognition and coordination with city officials and communications staff.

"The services that we provide from Cathedral City are at no cost to the businesses," Bessel said, describing a…

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