The Downtown Facade Grant is offered by Experience Chehalis, a Main Street community. This program is offered to downtown business and property owners who desire to make improvements to the facade of their buildings.
Donor Name: Experience Chehalis
State: Washington
City: Chehalis
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: Ongoing
Size of the Grant: $2,500
Details:
Experience Chehalis works to promote revitalization and offers both technical and financial assistance to assure their historical buildings and district are preserved, maintained, and rehabilitated properly.
The facade program is handled by their Economic Restructuring Committee, whose role is to enhance the look and feel of the commercial district. Historic building rehabilitation, signage, and lighting all improve the physical image of the downtown as a quality place to shop, work, walk, invest in, and live. Improvements result in a reinvestment of public and private dollars downtown.
Funding Information
No more than $2,500 total grant funds will be awarded to a single building or single business. Experience Chehalis has a total of $20,000 available during the facade grant round.
Eligibility Criteria
- Owner(s) of a business – Each business is eligible for up to 75% match of improvement costs to a maximum of $2,500 grant funds (total project cost can exceed this threshold)
- Owner(s) of a commercial building – Each building is eligible for up to 75% match of improvement costs, to a maximum of $2,500 grant funds (total project cost can exceed this threshold)
- A property with a lease or purchased under contract, if all parties to the lease or contract agree in writing to the improvements
- Property owner with multiple properties may apply for separate funds to improve each property
- Business owner with multiple storefront business facades may apply for individual grants to improve each business
- Business/building must be located within Experience Chehalis’s “Main Street Program” Area
For more information, visit Experience Chehalis.
