The City of Spokane, through its Accounting and Grants Department, is initiating this Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) to solicit cost proposals from organizations who show capacity and ability of fostering self-sustaining Neighborhood Business Districts.
Donor Name: City of Spokane
State: Washington
City: Spokane
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/13/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The primary objective is to establish long-term solutions for funding ongoing maintenance, marketing & signage, improvements, and staffing in four neighborhood business districts. To achieve this objective, the awarded organization will be granted $2 million in ARPA funds to be distributed in a comparable manner among the four designated districts and in alignment with the study presented as an attachment to this NOFA. These funds must be utilized by November 2026. A plan must be created for the business districts to become self-sustaining, whether through creating a Business Improvement District (BID) or by establishing a more structured sustainable plan without a BID. Proposed projects will need to be vetted and authorized by the City of Spokane Neighborhood Services Department to qualify for reimbursement. Such projects can include but are not limited to the following:
- Categories: Maintenance
- Approved Types of Projects: Pressure washing concrete, tree pruning, trash removal, clean up, landscaping, painting, and façade improvements.
- Categories: Marketing & Signage:
- Approved Types of Projects: Replacing private signage, gateway signage, banners, and crosswalk improvements and placement.
- Categories: Improvements
- Approved Types of Projects: Street lighting (private), tree planting & replacement, sidewalk cleaning, repairs & or replacement, and façade improvements, trash cans, and bike racks.
- Categories: Staffing
- Approved Types of Projects: Hire a coordinator to work with the districts to produce the most cost-effective and equitable results in carrying out the usage of these funds.
Qualifying organizations should meet the following parameters:
- Demonstrate a plan that shows the ability to provide long-term solutions to Neighborhood Business Districts (Garland, Hillyard, North Monroe, South Perry)
- Demonstrate history of serving members of historically marginalized communities
- Demonstrate fiscal responsibility through policy and procedures.
- Demonstrate the ability to partner with the City of Spokane Office of Neighborhood Services Department to ensure public works requirements are followed.
- Demonstrate the knowledge of public procurement as it relates to State and Federal Funding.
Grant Period
Funds must be contracted before December 31, 2024, and completion of program by September 30, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible Applicants Include
- Be a Public or Private non-profit organization or,
- Be a Private for-profit organization
- At least two years’ experience working with business districts, business improvement districts (BIDs), or similarly organized groups
- Must be able to coordinate and provide services to the Garland District, Hillyard District, North Monroe District, and the South Perry District
- Must be able to follow the City of Spokane Procurement with the assistance of the City of Spokane Office of Neighborhood Services Department.
For more information, visit City of Spokane.
