Burlington Economic Development Bringing Report to EICS Committee on Main Street Business Support
At Monday's (Aug. 10) Environment, Infrastructure and Community Services (EICS) Committee meeting, Burlington Economic Development will bring forward a report on supports for main street businesses.The recommendation is provided below, while you can view the full report by clicking this link: BEDC 05-20 COVID-19 Business Support.Receive and file Burlington Economic Development Corporation report BEDC-05-20 regarding Main Street Business Support; andDirect the Chief Financial Officer to earmark $125,000 in funds as a COVID-19 expense to support main street business and complement the Digital Main Street and Provincial Safe Restart COVID-19 programs, subject to Halton Region matching these funds; andRequest that the Region of Halton match the City of Burlington’s contribution of $125,000 and earmark these funds to support main street businesses in Burlington; andRequest that Burlington Economic Development work with City of Burlington to recommend a Main Street Business Support Program and appropriate delivery partners, subject to receiving details on the Provincial Safe Restart COVID-19 program and a suitable program being permitted under municipal legislation; andDirect the Executive Director of Burlington Economic Development to report back verbally to Council on the next steps during the September COVID-19 update, in keeping with the above recommendationsThe EICS Committee begins at 9:30 a.m. on Monday (Aug. 10) and can be watched virtually online at burlington.ca/calendar.RELATED LINKS: