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A resolution approving amendment one to a Where It Starts: Breaking Barriers to Business grant from Living Cities in partnership with Main Street America and the Truist Foundation to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Finance Department, to strengthen the relationship between local government and commercial corridor business support organizations with the goal of fostering an equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem and address systemic barriers for business owners during each stage of business development and growth.
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WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Finance Department, previously entered into a grant agreement with the Living Cities in partnership with Main Street America and the Truist Foundation, to strengthen the relationship between local government and commercial corridor business support organizations with the goal of fostering an equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem and address systemic barriers for business owners during each stage of business development and growth approved by RS2023-2142; and,
WHEREAS, amendment one adds several terms and conditions to the grant agreement, changes the grant budget year from FY24 to FY25, and updates the budget plan; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that amendment one be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That amendment one to the grant by and between Living Cities in partnership with Main Street America and the Truist Foundation to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Finance Department, to strengthen the relationship between local government and commercial corridor business support organizations with the goal of fostering an equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem and address systemic barriers for business owners during each sta...
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