Explanation
BACKGROUND
Elevate Northland is a not-for-profit community development corporation in Columbus with a mission to uplift people to create opportunities by bringing together groups working on business development and by building community bonds. Elevate Northland will provide the Northland community with a new community center that will feature training space and a business incubator (the “Northland Community Center”). Ordinance No. 1833-2023 authorized the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Elevate Northland in an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 to advance the planning, design, and construction of the Northland Community Center. Due to changes in leadership at Elevate Northland, the original grant agreement expired on January 1, 2025 with only $179,783.75 submitted for reimbursement. This legislation seeks to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a new grant agreement with Elevate Northland in the amount of the remaining original grant or $320,216.25. Grant funding will be used to pay for costs related to planning, designing, and constructing of the Northland Community Center. Approval is also requested for reimbursement of expenses incurred on or after January 1, 2023 prior to execution of the purchase orderThe new Grant Agreement authorized by this legislation will expire December 31 2026.
FISCAL IMPACTS
Funding in the amount of $320,216.25 is available through the Department of Development’s Northland TIF Fund. A transfer of cash is necessary to align spending with the proper projects, and the funds will need to be appropriated for expenditure.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a Grant Agreement with Elevate Northland in an amount of up to $320,216.25 to advance payment for the planning, design, and construction of a new community center space to continue providing training and business incubation assistance to the Northl...
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