TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A joint city-county board will soon consider whether or not to give cash grants to 51 retail based businesses in the Market District because of prolonged construction in the area.
The item will come back for consideration before the Blueprint board in June, Leon County Commissioner Brian Welch said. Under his proposal, which is not set in stone, each business would receive about $10,000.
“My idea for the Blueprint board was to explore creating a program to create some gap financing, some kind of an impact fund that can help make some of these retail and restaurant establishments whole during this construction process,” Welch said…