{"id":7517,"date":"2013-09-10T12:36:44","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T16:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=7517"},"modified":"2013-09-10T12:45:28","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T16:45:28","slug":"city-to-use-trust-fund-money-to-attract-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=7517","title":{"rendered":"City to use trust-fund money to attract businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Council hopes to draw people from \u00a0area to downtown Coatesville<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Kyle Carrozza<\/strong><\/span>, Staff Writer, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\"Image<\/a>COATESVILLE \u2013 City Council approved the use of trust-fund money to improve the downtown area at Monday night\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n

With $7.5 million available, the first plan of action is to set up a fund to help business owners repaint buildings in order to adhere with the city\u2019s new color palette regulations. The fund will match money spent by business owners.<\/p>\n

City Council hopes to have painting done by early November.<\/p>\n

In accordance with plans developed last month, council members also agreed to use the money to help draw businesses to the designated revitalization area\u2014between First and Fourth Avenue \u2014by providing grants and helping potential investors acquire bank loans.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to show developers we are willing to invest our own money,\u201d said Council Member Jarrell Brazzle.<\/p>\n

City Council would also like to add a business that will draw people from the area to the flats across from ArcelorMittal. The velodrome project is still a possibility, and council members also talked about having an outlet mall or a casino. In addition to a large-scale attraction, Council President David Collins said that he would like to see restaurants and stores in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re still trying to find developers that will work with us to develop that space,\u201d said Collins.<\/p>\n

Council members shared a common sentiment that it is time for the city to be proactive about attracting businesses before the remaining trust fund money is spent on budget and bills.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m tired of the ideas; I\u2019m tired of seeing it on paper,\u201d said Brazzle.<\/p>\n

In other city news, the Brandywine YMCA will hold an Early Learning Readiness program at the community center in coming months.<\/p>\n

The program teaches people \u2014 such as babysitters, relatives, and neighbors who care for children – safety and teaching skills.<\/p>\n

A YMCA representative said that the organization would like to expand its relationship with the Coatesville community, an initiative that began over the summer with camp at the community center and SPLASH, a program that taught swimming skills at Ash Park Pool.<\/p>\n

City residents will be allowed two additional yard sale permits this year, as agreed upon by city council.<\/p>\n

During the public comment portion of Monday\u2019s meeting, a resident requested the permits in light of the city\u2019s not holding a community yard sale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Council hopes to draw people from \u00a0area to downtown Coatesville By Kyle Carrozza, Staff Writer, The Times COATESVILLE \u2013 City Council approved the use of trust-fund money to improve the downtown area at Monday night\u2019s meeting. With $7.5 million available, the first plan of action is to set up a fund to help business owners […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":7531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3,1],"tags":[308,793,293],"class_list":["post-7517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","category-uncategorized","tag-coatesville-city-council","tag-council-president-david-collins","tag-revitalization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}