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Waco is setting aside $100,000 to help local businesses that took a financial hit during the disruptive sewer repairs on MLK Jr. Boulevard. It’s a move to make things right for shops that struggled while the road was torn up.
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The city is pulling $100,000 from its budget to cover these business losses.
Small business owners on MLK Jr. Boulevard who saw their revenue drop during the construction.
Taxpayers, since this money is coming out of the city's general funds.
With two $100,000 Waco business grants approved, seven more applications are pending as the city completes repairs to the sewer line along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
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The sewer main failure along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near I-35 last summer left "odor nuisance conditions" and construction that hurt a handful of nearby businesses, the city said.