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Upland staff proposes $15,000 small-business expansion grants funded by $225,000 in ARPA; council seeks broader eligibility, social-media limits
Summary
Staff presented draft guidelines for a Small Business Expansion Grant: up to $15,000 per business, $225,000 in ARPA funding to help roughly 15 businesses, SBDC training requirements; councilmembers proposed raising the employee cap and capping social-media spending at $5,000.
Development Services Director Bob Dahlquist presented a draft Small Business Expansion Grant program to the Upland City Council on Nov. 25 that would use $225,000 in ARPA funds to provide grants of up to $15,000 to qualifying small businesses.
Under the draft guidelines, eligible applicants would have 10 FTE or fewer (or the equivalent FTE count combining full- and part-time staff) and annual gross sales of $500,000 or less. Proposed eligible uses include…
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