[OMS_MANAGERS] Help needed with Facade Improvement Grant Programs/Ideas

[Emily Bradley]

Hi, Alysia!

 

The Reedsport Main Street Program, a City of Reedsport program, annually
administers the Business Improvement Grant, which was formerly the Façade
Improvement Grant. We offer a 50% match of up to $2,500 and what it looks
like in our budget books is “grant-URD” and “grant-non URD.” Our Urban
Renewal District budgets money toward the grant program each year, and for
the non URD grant fund we receive contributions from other local
organizations (the Port, the Chamber of Commerce
) We do unfortunately limit
the number of businesses outside of the URD we can award the grant to by
structuring it this way there always ends up being less funds in the non-URD
budget, but for now we figure it is better than nothing!

 

Attached are the current guidelines and application as the Business
Improvement Grant as well as the former guidelines and application as the
Façade Improvement Grant. (I just glanced over the applications and I’m
pretty sure they’re about the same, but just in case you end up reading them
more in depth and find any differences that could be of significance to you
and the program Lebanon is working to build.)

 

Emily Bradley

Main Street Coordinator | Reedsport Main Street Program

541-271-3603;  Ext. 1013

 <http://www.reedsportmainstreet.com/> http://www.reedsportmainstreet.com



 

From: OMS_MANAGERS [mailto:oms_managers-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us]
On Behalf Of Alysia Rodgers
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2019 10:11 AM
To: OMS_MANAGERS at listsmart.osl.state.or.us
Subject: [OMS_MANAGERS] Help needed with Facade Improvement Grant
Programs/Ideas

 

Hello everyone! 

 

The City of Lebanon is looking to change our incentive program for our
downtown façade improvement program. Currently we cover up to 6% of a loan
on a project that will improve the façade of a downtown business, this
program has seen very little success. I would like to see us doing something
more along the lines of small grants instead, but would like to see what
other  successful programs are already out there.

 

Any feedback with success or learning opportunities would be greatly
appreciated as well as applications and guidelines that go with them so I am
not reinventing the wheel! 

 

Thank you,   

 

Alysia Rodgers

Economic Development Catalyst 

Tel: 541.258.4256 
925 Main Street, Lebanon, OR 97355 

 

 <mailto:arodgers at ci.lebanon.or.us> arodgers at ci.lebanon.or.us

www.ci.lebanon.or.us

 



 

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