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EDA removes façade priority map, sets $24,999 cap for grants
Summary
The Cottage Grove EDA voted to remove a priority map from its facade improvement program and to clarify the maximum award as $24,999 (below the business-subsidy threshold), a change intended to encourage more commercial applicants.
At its April 14 meeting the Cottage Grove Economic Development Authority approved changes to the façade improvement program that remove a previously used priority map and clarify the total project award cap as $24,999.
Nate, community development staff, told the board the program—started in 2019—has supported 12 projects totaling $284,000 in grant awards. He said the priority map has become, in his view, "more of a barrier" for interested businesses and…
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