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GRANT AWARDED … Bryan Development accepted a $30,000 grant from the Bryan Area Foundation for its Business Improvement Grant (B.I.G.) program. The purpose of the B.I.G. program is to encourage economic development, increase occupancy, improve aesthetics and building facades, address safety issues, and extend the life cycle of existing historic buildings in the downtown Bryan, Ohio, commercial district. All awarded grant funds are dollar-for-dollar matching grants that businesses or property owners can apply to receive. To learn more visit https://www.bryandevelopment.org/. The Bryan Area Foundation matched local donor Renee Isaac’s $15,000, enabling more businesses to get B.I.G. grant funding for small building renovation projects. Pictured out front of the Bryan Theatre, a previous B.I.G. grant recipient, are left to right Bryan Development committee members Betty Franks, Renee Isaac, and Russ Davies, Bryan Area Foundation President/CEO Amy Miller, and Bryan Development committee members Ann Spangler and Jake Willey.