In the past quarter, staff accomplished progress on key milestones, including:
- Microbusiness Grants: Distributed $107,500 in funding secured from the California Office of the Small Business Advocate to 43 Nevada County Microbusiness owners in the amount of $2500.
- Community Resiliency Grants - Nevada County : Continued to administer awards nonprofits, small businesses, and special districts through ARPA-funded Community Resiliency Grants.
- Community Resiliency Grants: Released second round of funding and awarded $140,000 to three entities specifically focused on capacity building for Nevada County small businesses; continued to administer the nearly $2 million in previous grant funding of the Community Resiliency grants.
- SBC met with CalOSBA and GoBiz on behalf of the county regarding CERF funding allocations, process and project eligibility.
- Secured $200,000 from the Sierra Nevada Conservancy to fund Nevada County's Recreation and Resilience Master Plan.
- Awarded over $400,000 in Outdoor Visitor Safety Fund Grants, funded by Nevada County's American Rescue Plan Act Allocation, to address impacts of visitation, with over $360,000 focused on long-term infrastructure projects.
- Received notice that member designated funding requests to for economic development priorities of Independence Trail reconstruction, and Higgins area sidewalk and pedestrian improvements are moving forward in the funding process.
