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Discussion on grants to support worker and street vendor organizations
2:56:52
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Council Member Oswald Feliz inquires about expanding grants to support worker and street vendor groups. Christopher Leon Johnson suggests various types of grants including small business grants, tax-exempt grants, and funding for a delivery worker hub.
- Johnson emphasizes that these organizations should be eligible for the same funding as other nonprofits.
- He mentions the need for grants to support the development of a delivery worker hub near City Hall.
- The discussion highlights the importance of recognizing delivery workers and street vendors as small business owners.
Oswald Feliz
2:56:52
Thank And actually a quick quick question.
2:56:55
Yep.
2:56:55
Quick question.
2:56:56
If you have a second.
2:56:57
Are there any grants that you would be in favor of, I guess, expanding to support these groups?
Christopher Leon Johnson
2:57:04
Right.
2:57:05
The grants they should be getting, I think they should be more for, what kind of grants?
2:57:09
I think they need the they need a small business grant.
2:57:11
They need tax exempt grants.
2:57:13
They need grants for make sure that they could be able to build that the Larissa hub outside of the of city hall, they got approved by the city council department of planning.
2:57:21
I wonder why they didn't get they got it's not opened up there yet.
2:57:24
I don't know what's going on with that, mister Feliz.
2:57:26
I I that's what I was gonna say.
2:57:27
I think they they should get all the grants.
2:57:29
You know saying?
2:57:31
If they could if they they should apply because they're they're both for those two organizations are nonprofits.
2:57:36
They under the policy control and the the AG's office, so they spilled on a lot of same fundings that the other organizations we get should be getting.
2:57:43
You know what I'm saying?