To commercial property owner Wanjun Kim, who received a Business Improvement Grant from the Spring Branch Management District, seeing is believing.

The $5,200 grant paid for part of his project to trim trees, replace landscaping damaged by the 2021 freeze, re-stripe parking spaces and power wash the parking lot around an Advance Auto Parts store, his tenant on the property at 4313 Steffani.

For one thing, the improvements make the store much easier for potential customers to spot, Kim said.

“That clearly improved the view of the property from the road,” he explained, adding that “without the grant I would probably have done the landscaping only. Pretty much the entire property was worked on, so I really appreciate the grant.”

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