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Royal Oak DDA seeks local businesses for APA planners' tour; staff reports SBA lender-match event with broad participation

Downtown Development Authority (Royal Oak City) · April 22, 2026
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A DDA member asked the board to identify local businesses to speak to visiting American Planning Association attendees; city staff said a recent SBA lender-match event connected more than 25 businesses with over 10 lenders and staff plan follow-up.

Charlene Douglas, who said she lives at 101 Curry Avenue, told the Downtown Development Authority that a mobile tour organized for attendees of the American Planning Association national conference will visit Royal Oak. She asked the board and staff to help identify three or four local businesses that benefited from the Civic Center public–private partnership and could speak…

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