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Covina council approves fee reductions and $75,000 to boost small-business hiring
Summary
Council approved an Economic Development Initiative that lowers certain planning fees for preliminary reviews and recurring pop-up marketplaces and adds $75,000 to the Business Assistance Job Creation Program for forgivable loans to employers hiring low- and moderate-income workers.
The Covina City Council unanimously approved an Economic Development Initiative (EDI 20-61) that reduces selected planning fees to encourage small-business activity and allocates additional funding to a job-creation program.
Planning Manager Mercy Lugo described staff recommendations to reduce the preliminary review application fee from $6,200 to $2,000, lower fees for administrative conditional-use permits for recurring open-air pop-up marketplaces,…
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