The City of Breese is seeking applications for its Business District Improvement Grant Program to encourage and assist property and business owners to improve the interior and exterior of their business properties.
Donor Name: City of Breese
State: Illinois
City: Breese
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/15/2023
Size of the Grant: Up to $5,000
Details:
Properties must be within One (1) of the Three (3) Business Districts within the City of Breese and a Registered Business must occupy the property.
Funding Information
Applicants are eligible to receive a Grant reimbursement for eligible expenses on the project up to $5,000 (Fiscal Year 05/01/2023-04/30/2024 Cycle). This is a reimbursement program.
Eligible Costs
Eligible costs include, but are not limited to:
- Architectural cost, engineering cost, legal cost, and finance cost.
- Acquisition of land or other real property
- Demolition or removal of existing components of real property
- Cost of renovation, rehabilitation, improvements to real property
- Cost of installation of equipment, utilities, fixtures
- Cost of exterior renovation, rehabilitation, improvement
- Cost of approved signage
- Cost of approved fencing.
Eligibility Criteria
Property Owner Qualifications:
- An applicant/property owner under a current TIF agreement with the City is not eligible for the Improvement program for their active project. Once the work associated with the TIF agreement is complete the applicant/property owner would be allowed to apply for an improvement grant.
- Must be current in the payment of real estate taxes to Clinton County
- Must be current in any amounts or accounts due to the City of Breese
- No significant code violations (present or pending) within the City of Breese and no violations of the City of Breese Building Code or Inspections
- Business occupying property must be Registered with the City of Breese
Evaluation Criteria and Approval Process
- City of Breese Finance Committee or Appointed Committee will rank COMPLETED applications using factors including, but not limited to, the following:
- Conformance with City of Breese Building Codes
- Overall impact of the project
- Total projected budget
- Property maintenance history of the site (including recurring code violations)
- The Finance Committee will provide to the Mayor their recommended projects.
For more information, visit City of Breese.
