Business Technical Assistance Program (BTAP) 2022 Cultural Districts funding recommendations

Business Technical Assistance Program (BTAP) 2022 Cultural Districts funding recommendations - REIA

Section 1: Background

Does this impact one of the City's Goal Areas

Policy Goals

Operational Goals

Public Safety	No
Housing	No
Economic Development	Yes
Public Services	No
Environmental Justice	No
Built Environment & Transportation	No
Public Health	No
Arts & Culture	No

Workforce	No
Spending	Yes
Data	No
Community Engagement	No

Describe the impact on selected goal areas.

BTAP Cultural District services will help BIPOC owned business recover from the negative impacts of the COVID pandemic, and to continue to stay and grow in Minneapolis.

Who participated in completing this analysis?

Small Business Team staff

Section 2: Data

LIST THE SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIES THAT WILL BE IMPACTED AND THE RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF CONSTITUENTS IN THOSE AREAS:

This round of BTAP funding tagets business services for the adopted cultural districts in Minneapolis, which were selected for their demographics as representing high proportions of BIPOC residents and low income households.

What does available data tell you about how constituents from BIPOC communities currently relate to the desired outcome as compared to white constituents?

General BTAP services serve approximately 80% BIPOC business owners and entrepreneurs. We expect this fund will serve a similar or higher proportion of BIPOC business owners. Service providers were selected for, among other factors, their geographic service areas, cultural competence, and language capabilities.

What data is unavailable or missing? How can you obtain additional data?

There is not currently hard data on the business owner demographics within cultural districts. Demographics of businesses served through BTAP will be collected in the invoicing process for these funds.

Section 3: Community Engagement

Using the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Public Participation Spectrum, which participation strategy(s) was used when engaging those who would be most impacted?

Inform	Yes
Consult	Yes
Involve	No
Collaborate	No
Empower	No

Describe the Engagement and what have you learned?

Regular conference calls are held with BTAP service providers and neighborhood business associations. This is a forum for sharing current issues and concerns of business owners and entreprenuers, as well as consult on new programs.

Section 4: Analysis

How does the outcome for this ordinance, amendment, or policy help the city achieve Racial Equity?

BTAP Cultural District services will help BIPOC owned business recover from the negative impacts of the COVID pandemic, and to continue to stay and grow in Minneapolis.

Section 5: Evaluation

How will impacts be measured? What are the success indicators and process benchmarks?

Selected service providers will provide information about the businesses served and the type of services provided.

How will those who are impacted be informed of progress over time?

BTAP results are regularly reported in City budget hearings and other performance management processes.

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