LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Lima Mayor Sharetta Smith is still in D.C. for the United States Conference of Mayors but has announced that the city will be awarded a grant at the conference.
The mayor has been working with her administration on ways to create better opportunities for businesses in Lima to contract for work with the city. The Conference of Mayors is able to provide funding for cities to create programs to improve their communities and Lima is bringing one home. Mayor Smith discussed the grant earlier this week before she traveled to Washington.
"Which is part of the Dollar Wise Economic Development Program to really look at expanding opportunities for small minority and women-owned businesses to do business with the city," said Mayor Sharetta Smith, City of Lima.
The mayor believes that providing these opportunities can increase the income of area families. Smith is expected to return Friday from the conference.
