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Council approves $3,000 youth‑program grant for Solid Nation Co.; members ask for clarity about access and field fees
Summary
Council approved a $3,000 Mayor’s Youth Fund grant to Solid Nation Co. to cover equipment, uniforms and rentals. Council members pressed the applicants on whether programming is open to all Seaside youth, use of Hem Plaza and Catino Park, and whether facility fee waivers or alternatives exist.
Seaside — The City Council voted to award a $3,000 Mayor’s Youth Fund grant to Solid Nation Co., a newly formed nonprofit that said it provides free and low‑cost sports and mentorship programming for Seaside youth. The award drew detailed council and public questions about program scale, facility access and how the group will recruit participants beyond a single apartment complex.
Recreation Superintendent Keon Higgins explained that the Mayor’s Youth Fund supports youth‑serving nonprofits and that the fund had a balance of roughly $17,122 before the allocation.…
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