The city has applied for a $150,000 grant that would be allocated to business owners in primping up the downtown area. The grant is for $30,000 apiece. So it will help at least five business owners if the city gets it.
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When Hannah Davis traveled to China to teach English, she noticed how Chinese workers and farmers were often sporting olive green army-style shoes. Those shoes served as her inspiration to create her own social enterprise, Bangs Shoes.