The City is seeking to restructure and expand the city’s delivery of economic development services in conjunction with Battle Creek Unlimited (“BCU”) to provide greater support for small business and entrepreneurialism. By expanding services city-wide, we believe we can grow the economic base of the community and create greater wealth for all.
To assist in the implementation of community-wide economic development services, the city is seeking grant support for planning and implementation of business recruitment and retention efforts, an analysis of community development services and support for an effort to strengthen vulnerable neighborhoods through housing incentives and targeted placemaking interventions.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded the City a grant in the amount of $1,479,450 over three years to provide staff support for work plan technical assistance, community development planning, resource mapping, contract administration, the planning and implementation of a placemaking initiative, recruitment and retention software, housing incentives and program evaluation.
The implementation of grant activities will be supervised by the City Manager’s office with the assist of the city’s economic development and community services personnel.
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