[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s a small business owner himself, Kyle resident Travis Mitchell campaigned during his run for the Place 6 city council seat on creating a program that encourages small business growth.

With the help of a new small business program, Mitchell hopes to change the mentality that Kyle doesn’t do enough to help small business owners or encourages them to stay.

“First Year on Us” is a program designed to take development agreements that the city contracts with larg...