The City of Alameda’s Façade Grant Program provides business and property owners with matching grants to improve their storefronts and enhance the city’s retail districts.
Donor Name: City of Alameda
State: California
City: Alameda
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/28/2022
Size of the Grant: $15,000
Details:
Funding Information
- Level One
- Maximum Grant Amount: $5,000
- % of Total: 50%
- Grantee must spend: $10,000
- Level Two
- Maximum Grant Amount:$10,000
- % of Total: 50%
- Grantee must spend: $20,000
- Level Three
- Maximum Grant Amount: $15,000
- % of Total: 50%
- Grantee must spend: $30,000
Eligibility Criteria
Location, Business and Property Type: The following business/properties within the City locations described below are eligible to participate in the Program:
- Retail, restaurant, theater or service businesses.
- Commercial properties that include retail, restaurant, theaters or service businesses.
- Other commercial businesses/property types (cultural, office, etc.) are considered on a case-by-case basis, so long as the business or property is located within one of the following City areas:
- Webster Street Business District.
- Downtown Alameda Business District.
- An Historic Station area, including: Grand, Mastick, Bay, South High St., Chestnut, Morton, Versailles, Willow, Fifth Street, Caroline, High Street North and Stanton.
- A Gateway into the City, including: Webster Tube, Park Street Bridge, Fruitvale Bridge, High Street Bridge and the Doolittle Drive entrance area.
- The business property must have a front or side façade that is visible from one of the above gateways.
- Naval Air Station Historic District.
Shopping centers and business parks are not eligible to participate in the Program.
Service businesses include, among others: personal and pet care services (barber shops, beauty salons, nail salons, pet grooming, etc.), repair services (auto, furniture, electronics, etc.), laundry and dry-cleaning services, caterers, hotels, and fitness centers.
Improvements: Improvements eligible to be made with Program funds must enhance or restore the physical condition or appearance of the building. Types of eligible improvements include, but are not limited to:
- Painting;
- New, or refurbishment of existing, awnings;
- New signs, and/or replacement, retrofit, or restoration of legacy signs;
- Sign removal;
- Constructed outdoor eating areas;
- Window and/or door replacement;
- Replacement or refurbishment of non-structural materials/features such as cornice bands, parapets and similar architectural features; and
- Rehabilitation of historic features.
- Parklets are not eligible at this time.
Applicant: A Program application may be submitted by an owner or tenant for an eligible project meeting the requirements described above. If the applicant is a tenant, the owner must also sign the Program application.
Tenants and owners may apply for separate grants for the same building and/or storefront.
For more information, visit Facade Grant Program.
