(The Center Square) – The City of Seattle’s program that provides small businesses with grants to cover the costs of repairing property damage to their stores has utilized $1.2 million since it first launched in 2022. In 2022, when reports of property crime were at an all-time high in Seattle, the city’s Office of Economic Development announced nearly $2 million in federal funds, care of the American Rescue Plan Act, to aid small businesses that have been affected by property... Read this story
