The City has allotted $175,000 grant amount this fiscal year to improving the buildings’ appearance and structure into Lansing City Businesses.
Donor Name: City of Lansing
State: Michigan
City: Lansing
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This program provides design assistance as well as reimbursement for the redevelopment and improvement of exterior commercial facades.
The purpose of this program is to assist with aesthetic beauty, safety improvements as well as enhance the street appearance of Lansing businesses. Because of this program, Lansing properties have become more attractive to customers and the community as well as increasing the overall value of local businesses.
Grant Awards
The Corridor Façade Program offers three types of flexible grant awards. The awarded grant amounts is up tothe decision of the design committee.
- Design Grant: $2,000 design grant (Requires a 25% match)
- Transformational Improvements, 50% program match up to a maximum of $20,000 in grant funds.
- Aesthetic and Maintenance Improvements, 50% program match up to $10,000 in grant funds.
Eligibility Criteria
- The program is directed at commercial, office, and mixed-use buildings adjacent to main corridors and neighborhood nodes within the City of Lansing.
- Property owners and tenants are eligible to apply, but if a tenant applies, the building owner must support the improvements in writing.
- Eligible activities are for a building façade only but may include windows, signage, awnings, doors, brickwork, lighting, and improvements to create barrier free and accessible entryways as part of the overall façade improvement if there is an aesthetic component to the projects as well.
- No activity will be eligible that is separate from an overall façade. For instance, landscaping/ streetscaping, light poles, building permits, equipment, and roof repairs are not eligible.
- All improvements must be fixed/permanent.
- Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
For more information, visit City of Lansing.
