Community Grants The village recently secured a $20K grant from the DeKalb County Community Foundation for a new playground, signaling ongoing infrastructure investments and potential for partnerships with local foundations, vendors, and contractors.

Digital Outreach Repeated launches of the Connect-CTY resident notification system indicate a proactive engagement strategy; this suggests opportunities to offer civic tech solutions, security, hosting, or integration services to enhance public communications.

Public Health Partners Past collaboration with VNA Health Care for a no-cost flu shot clinic demonstrates openness to health and community service partnerships, presenting openings for health IT, vaccination program management, or community wellness initiatives.

IT & Security Tech stack includes WordPress, MySQL, security-focused plugins, and modern hosting (Nginx, HTTP/3), implying potential demand for small-government IT services, site maintenance, security hardening, or migration support.

Budget Constraints With revenue under $1M and a very small staff (2-10 employees), there is a clear need for cost-effective, scoped solutions and vendor partnerships that deliver high ROI and minimal overhead for ongoing municipal projects.