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Pleasant Hill staff ask council to keep $30,000 technical-assistance fund for storefront businesses

Pleasant Hill Economic Development Committee · March 19, 2026
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Summary

City staff briefed the committee on a $30,000 technical assistance program that reimburses storefront businesses for website and social-media work (grants typically $5,000–$7,500). Demand exceeds funds and staff maintain a wait list; eligibility requires a physical storefront and receipts for reimbursement.

City staff told the Economic Development Committee the technical-assistance program — which moved from ARPA funding to the general fund — provided several reimbursable grants last year and currently operates on a $30,000 allocation.

"There are businesses who want to get on the Internet... the city will help them," Brett Street said, describing two pathways: businesses…

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