The Great Falls City Commission approved a recommendation to fund fourteen submissions to local businesses using $2,884,557.00 of the funds allocated to the City through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). See the supporting document below for a list of the award recipients, funding amounts, and project details.
The City Commission first expressed a desire to distribute a portion of the City’s ARPA allocation to local businesses fourteen months ago. City employees, with direct input from the Commission, drafted an application and accepted submissions between February 2 and July 15 of this year. A total of 34 applications were submitted to the City.
A Review Committee, comprised of City employees, scored the proposals using a matrix published in the application. In finalizing its recommendation, the Review Committee also considered the Goals and Priorities of ARPA funds use as set by the City Commission:
- Projects serving a significant number of Great Falls Residents; and
- Projects addressing the negative impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Tourism, Travel, and Hospitality industries; and
- Projects addressing an urgent and/or unaddressed need in the community; and
- Projects that have not received funding from other sources since March 31, 2021; and
- Projects that can be completed within the required timeframe.
City staff will begin contacting fund recipients to finalize agreements and establish reporting requirements. The City will post updates of funded programs to the City ARPA webpage (https://greatfallsmt.net/Projects).
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