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Nashville Metro CouncilRS2025-1262Passed

This resolution approves the first amendment to a grant agreement with Living Cities, Main Street America, and the Truist Foundation to support the Metropolitan Finance Department. The grant aims to enhance collaboration between local government and commercial corridor business support organizations to promote an equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem and address systemic barriers faced by business owners throughout their development and growth stages.

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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Introduced 5/22/2025Metropolitan CouncilResolution
→ Passed 6/3/2025

What it does

  • 1Approval of amendment one to the Where It Starts: Breaking Barriers to Business grant.
  • 2Strengthening relationships between local government and commercial corridor business support organizations.
  • 3Fostering an equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem and addressing systemic barriers for business owners.

This resolution approves the first amendment to a grant agreement with Living Cities, Main Street America, and the Truist Foundation to support the Metropolitan Finance Department. The grant aims to enhance collaboration between local government and commercial corridor business support organizations to promote an equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem and address systemic barriers faced by business owners throughout their development and growth stages.

Affects
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson CountyMetropolitan Finance DepartmentLiving CitiesMain Street AmericaTruist FoundationCommercial corridor business support organizations

Activity timeline

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    Impact 10

    New other: Grant

Legislative history

6/4/2025
Mayor
Referred without comment
6/3/2025
Metropolitan Council
The resolution was approved by the Budget and Finance Committee. Council Member Porterfield moved to adopt the resolution, which motion was seconded and approved by the following vote: Yes (30): Suara, Porterfield, Evans-Segall, Allen, Hill, Kimbrough, Toombs, Gamble, Cortese, Capp, Benedict, Harrell, Webb, Eslick, Evans, Bradford, Gregg, Welsch, Vo, Kupin, Weiner, Preptit, Johnston, Nash, Ellis, Sepulveda, Rutherford, Styles, Lee, and Ewing; No (0); Abstain (1): Benton.
6/2/2025
Budget and Finance Committee
Referred without comment
5/27/2025
Metropolitan Council
Referred without comment

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