LIMA (WLIO) - Wednesday at Lima Senior High School, the city held its second Lima Mowing Expo.
Last year, the "Lima Grass Mowing Program" was created to help community partners do business with the city. This program saw 649 properties mowed last year while increasing the number of local partners from 2 to 8.
Wednesday evening, the grass mowing expo was held to provide more opportunities for entrepreneurs and to prepare those who are interested in becoming eligible lima community partners through mentorship and conversations with city representatives.
Carmillia Zion, Interim Director of Housing & Neighborhoods added, "we want to do business with our local businesses, both small and large. This gives an opportunity for those folks to be able to come in and have that opportunity to build their businesses, work with folks right here, and create jobs for people that live right here in our community."
"You have to be bonded; you have to have a performance bond. You have to have liability insurance, and you have to have workers compensation. You need to have the equipment and manpower to do the work that you are bidding on and to have a bid that's priced appropriately for the work that you're doing in order to be awarded one," stated Angela Rex, Property Maintenance Code Inspector III.
If you could not make it to Wednesday's expo and in need of a bid package, you can access a copy by visiting the lima city website here.
