The City of Rancho Palos Verdes’ Neighborhood Beautification Program (NBG Program) is designed to help build and foster strong neighborhoods by connecting residents to services and resources that help to improve the quality of life in the Rancho Palos Verdes community.
Donor Name: City of Rancho Palos Verdes
State: California
City: Rancho Palos Verdes
Type of Grant: Grant | Reimbursement
Deadline: 10/17/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The goal of the NBG Program is to engage residents in beautification projects. These projects would improve neighborhood appearances as experienced from the City’s roadways.
The City Council approved an allocation of for the Neighborhood Beautification Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 in the amount of $25,000 to be distributed throughout the City for approved projects.
All projects must:
- Be visible by the general public either located on, at the intersection of, or in the general vicinity of arterials or collector streets (arterial or collector streets as defined in the General Plan – Circulation Element), as to provide community-wide and general public benefit.
- Result in an enhancement of the neighborhood’s appearance.
- Be wholly within City limits.
Funding Information
Two grant funding options are available for eligible neighborhoods, for a maximum of 50% reimbursement of the cost of the project, up to the following levels:
- Level 1 grant valued between $1,000 and $2,999
- Level 2 grant valued between $3,000 and $5,000.
Grant Period
Applicants must complete the work within 12 months of receiving project approval.
Eligible Projects
- All projects are subject to applicable City codes, ordinances, permitting requirements, purchasing requirements, and other local and State regulations and must physically improve neighborhoods, such that the improvement is visible from at least one of the defined public roadways.
- Projects should adhere to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements, when applicable. Projects must not interfere with any current or planned Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) projects of the City.
- Applicants must consider future maintenance on completed projects and provide a maintenance/replacement plan. The City will not be held responsible for ongoing maintenance costs nor any repair costs and there is no guarantee that additional grant funds will be available each fiscal year. Applicants should consider future costs of their proposal when they design their project and succession financing parameters.
Project Examples
Examples of typical eligible projects include:
- Redesigned entryway landscapes, utilizing best management practices and drought tolerant plans when feasible
- New neighborhood entryway signs
- Enhance/repair/replace existing neighborhood entryway sign, screening walls, and/or tract walls.
- Removal and/or replacement of chain link fences.
Eligibility Criteria
- Neighborhoods represented by a formal HOA or multifamily residential development property management company; or at least three (3) households if no formal representation.
- Project located on, at the intersection of, or in the general vicinity of arterial or collector streets. That is, viewable and accessible from:
- Arterial streets: Palos Verdes Drive South, Palos Verdes Drive East, Palos Verdes Drive West, Hawthorne Boulevard, Miraleste Drive, Crest Road (West), Silver Spur Road, Western Avenue, Crenshaw Boulevard; or
- Collector streets: Indian Peak Road, Ridgegate Drive, Granvia Altamira, Crest Road (East), Crestridge Road, Highridge Road, or Montemalaga Drive.
For more information, visit RPVC.
