The Neighborhood Sales Tax Revitalization (STAR) Program offers loans and grants to nonprofit, private, public, and for-profit entities seeking $5,000 or more in financial assistance for physical (capital) improvement projects within Saint Paul neighborhoods.
Donor Name: City of Saint Paul
State: Minnesota
City: Saint Paul
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/11/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Details:
Saint Paul’s neighborhoods are one of its greatest assets. With this in mind, state and local legislation was enacted in 1993 to allocate revenue from the city’s half-cent sales tax to the Neighborhood Sales Tax Revitalization (STAR) Program. Administered by the City’s Department of Planning and Economic Development (PED), Neighborhood STAR provides loans and grants for physical improvement projects which strengthen the vitality of the city’s neighborhoods.
The STAR Program represents an extraordinary opportunity to revitalize its neighborhoods by spurring economic development opportunities.
Eligible Projects
The following types of projects are eligible for Neighborhood STAR funding:
- Rehabilitation and/or construction of the commercial, residential or industrial property.
- Most fixed interior and exterior improvements to commercial structures include walls, ceilings, floors, lighting, windows, doors, entrances, electrical, and plumbing.
- HVAC, energy and security improvements, handicap accessibility, and building code corrections.
- Minor public improvements (extensive public improvement projects should be referred to the City’s Capital Improvement Budget (CIB) process).
- Beautification of public or private open space, including trees and shrubs, rain gardens, benches, bicycle parking, and lighting.
- Creative placemaking/place keeping capital improvement activities include neighborhood identification/promotion, public art, and creative public infrastructure improvements.
- Non-profit neighborhood organizations provide a funding program to local businesses for capital improvement activities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Public, private, non-profit, and for-profit entities located or doing business within the City of Saint Paul are eligible to apply for Neighborhood STAR funding.
- City departments and quasi-governmental entities are eligible applicants when in partnership with a nonprofit or private neighborhood and/or community group.
- Churches and religious organizations are eligible to apply when in partnership with a neighborhood and/or community group and only with respect to a project that: (i) is non-sectarian and whose primary effect neither advances nor inhibits religion; (ii) will make capital improvements for functions not associated with church-sponsored or religious type activities; and (iii) is open and available to the public at large on a regular basis.
For more information, visit 2022 Neighborhood STAR Program.
