Martinez city leaders have approved moving ahead to offer grants of up to $5,000 to qualifying local businesses as part of a program that would also beef up efforts to market those businesses and make physical “beautification” improvements in the city’s commercial areas.
The plan unanimously approved last week was a more robust version of what City Council members on Jan. 6 had asked staff members to research. The city will use $300,000 from the city’s general fund to offer small business relief microgrants of up to $5,000. The money will be released in three phases of $100,000, in part to allow a chance to correct glitches in the earliest efforts.
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