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Orange Park council approves $50,000 commercial sign pilot, tightens eligibility
Summary
The Orange Park Town Council approved a $50,000 pilot matching grant to help local businesses replace and update signs under the town’s new signage rules; councilors and business owners debated whether properties with code violations or grandfathered nonconforming signs should be eligible.
The Orange Park Town Council on Feb. 17 approved a $50,000 pilot grant program that will reimburse qualifying local businesses for part of the cost to replace or update commercial signage.
Town Manager explained the program is a matching grant that allows businesses to spend up to $7,000 and receive $3,500 back under the pilot, which is intended to help offset costs created by recently updated town sign requirements. "It's a matching grant," the town manager said as he summarized the program for council.
Staff and the town attorney told council that…
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