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Manteca reports business growth, $430,000 in small-business grants and new retail projects
Summary
Mayor Singh said the city invested more than $430,000 in small-business grants, celebrated more than 40 new businesses over the past year and highlighted major retail and medical projects; a small-business owner receiving a grant spoke about using the funds for equipment and repairs.
Mayor Singh used the State of the City address to highlight a building boom and steps the city has taken to support local businesses.
"This year, we invested more than $430,000 in small business grants to help local businesses open, improve, and expand right here in Manteca," Singh said, noting the grants have supported façade work, ADA upgrades, tenant improvements and other needs. He said the city saw more than 40 new business openings in the past year, including about 20 in the previous six months.
Singh pointed to new retail and health-care investments at the Promenade Shops, including an IKEA Design Center and Sutter Health medical expansion, and described planned retail pads and a larger Walmart project at Atherton and Main that will be accompanied by infrastructure improvements.
At the event a small-business owner who identified themself as Furness and said they operate Conasucar thanked the chamber and city for grant support, saying the funds will pay for temporary replacement of worn equipment and furniture. "Joining the Chamber of Commerce has been amazing as well," Furness said, describing social-media strategies and local partnerships that helped the cafe grow.
The mayor also announced downtown projects such as a proposed Downtown Manteca Improvement Association-led archway and a new teal chair landmark, framing these efforts as part of an economic-development strategy to increase visits and investment in the city’s core.
