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Mission officials say grants stretch tax dollars, cite $15 million a year and projects including parks and a proposed shelter expansion
Summary
City of Mission officials describe how the municipal grants office pursues competitive funding, cites a ballpark $15 million in annual awards, and highlights recent and prospective projects including Lions Park improvements, drainage work and a proposed $1 million animal-shelter expansion.
Mission Mayor Nori Gonzalez Gara, Councilwoman Marissa Gerlac and Michael Elizalde, director of the City of Mission’s grants department, used a city podcast to explain how the grants office finds and manages outside funding to supplement local tax dollars.
“People think about grants sometimes a little unsure what that means,” Elizalde said, adding that a grant differs from a loan because “it’s money you don’t have to repay.” He described grants as competitive awards that the city uses to pay for capital improvements and other projects that would otherwise come out of the local tax base.
Elizalde outlined the standard workflow: staff and elected leaders identify community needs, departments gather…
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