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Package 23,769 recommends a $380,000 General Fund reduction eliminating direct support for Venture Portland. The cut removes nearly all of Venture Portland's General Fund budget (over 80% went to staffing and operations), while reallocating business district grant administration to Prosper Portland. Prosper Portland commits to maintaining similar grant funding levels and contracting for technical assistance, but the proposal effectively consolidates district support services internally.

Key points (each cites a PDF page):

Recommended reduction of $380,000 to Community & Economic Development, eliminating Venture Portland's General Fund support. (p. 756)
Cut removes approximately 80% of Venture Portland's General Fund budget, which had been allocated to staffing, administration, and operational costs. (p. 756)
Currently approximately 19% of Venture Portland's budget is dedicated to business district support grants. (p. 756)
Prosper Portland will assume responsibility for administering business district grants and plans to maintain similar funding levels. (p. 756)
External grant administration moves to Prosper Portland's existing grant infrastructure; non-member districts will gain access to resources previously restricted to Venture Portland members. (p. 756)
Prosper Portland will contract with external providers to deliver training series to build district capacity; staffing supported by existing Prosper Portland employees. (p. 756)
Consolidation expected to create efficiencies and enhance coordination across community-based district support and integrate Office of Small Business services. (p. 756)

💰 $380,000 · $380,000 · 📋 Venture Portland · Prosper Portland · Community-Based District Support · Advance Portland · Office of Small Business · 🏛️ Prosper Portland

23,769

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23,769 - Cut: Community-Based District Support Service Area Community & Economic Development DCA Donnie Oliveira Bureau Name Prosper Portland Director Shea Flaherty Betin Funding Type Name Reduction Status: Recommended Package Desc Expense Recommended Total Removes funding for Venture Portland and moves external district grants to be administered by External Materials and Services ($380,000) Prosper Portland. This directly impacts the City's economic development strategy, Advance Portland. ($380,000) Service Impacts Revenue Recommended Total The proposed cut of $380,000, effectively eliminates support for Venture Portland. Currently, over General Fund Discretionary ($380,000) 80% of Venture Portland’s General Fund budget is allocated to staffing, administration, and operational costs. This fiscal year, approximately 19% of the Venture Portland budget is dedicated to ($380,000) business district support in the form of grants. In addition to providing grants, Venture Portland staff also offers training and technical assistance to business districts. With the proposed funding cut, Venture Portland would lack the financial resources to sustain its operations and deliver meaningful services to Business District Associations and the broader business community. Although this reduction would eliminate funding for Venture Portland, Prosper Portland plans to maintain similar levels of grant funding for business districts and will manage other business district assistance internally. This approach will allow Prosper Portland to administer business district grants using its existing grant infrastructure and create broader availability as districts currently need to be Venture Portland members to access these resources. A level of technical assistance and training will still be provided in coordination with other district programs. Prosper Portland will contract with providers to deliver a training series to help build district capacity across the city. Staffing for this work will be supported by current Prosper Portland employees. This will create efficiencies and enhanced coordination across all community-based district support programming and better integrate the Office of Small Business services. Equity Impacts

Parent: Package Details · PDF: p. 756