Explanation
This ordinance authorizes a grant agreement between the City Clerk and The Ohio State University Center for Innovation Strategies to fund their OnRamp program, providing student economic development internships. The total amount of this grant agreement is $20,000.
OnRamp is a student-driven innovation platform that convenes multidisciplinary student teams who engage with external businesses to validate and build early-stage innovation projects. OnRamp will receive funding for place-based economic development internships based in historically marginalized communities.
Support of this initiative aligns with Columbus City Council’s priorities of building strong neighborhoods, promoting the creation of good-paying jobs, and developing pathways out of poverty.
Emergency action is necessary in order to have funding available for necessary expenditures due to the time-sensitive deadlines of the programming.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding is available in the general fund, Jobs Growth subfund.
Title
To authorize a grant agreement between the City Clerk and the Ohio State University Center for Innovation Strategies in support of OnRamp; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Jobs Growth subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($20,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is a top priority of Columbus City Council to support efforts that enhance neighborhood economic development, small business development, and workforce development; and
WHEREAS, OnRamp is a student-driven innovation platform that convenes multidisciplinary student teams who engage with external businesses to validate and build early-stage innovation projects; and
WHEREAS, passage of this legislation authorizes and the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with The Ohio State University Center for Innovation Strategies to fund their OnRamp program, to sponsor student internships with businesses in the Near East and West Side neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual...
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