COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The latest Match on Main grants from the State of Michigan will be benefiting both Coldwater and Bronson.
As part of $1.49 million in grants awarded to small local businesses from Main Street communities throughout the state, the Children’s Museum of Branch County in Coldwater is receiving $25,000 to to install a vertical climbing wall exhibit.
Economy Garage in Bronson is receiving $24,552.25 to install a new hoist and bay to take advantage of under utilized space in their building on West Chicago Street.
State officials say the Match on Main program serves as a tool to support new or expanding place-based businesses by providing up to $25,000 in funding for them to launch or grow in core downtown areas and commercial districts.
The fiscal year 2025 Match on Main application window yielded a total of 133 applicants from 59 organizations, the highest participation rate in the program’s five-year history.
I have a complaint, just because it says children’s everyone should be allowed in there. My daughter is special needs & they kicked her out of those one in Coldwater because she was looking around. She was very hurt because she all she was doing is looking around. They said she has to leave because she wasn’t a child & that’s all that was allowed in there.