The Municipal Service District Grant Program provides financial assistance to commercial property owners and building tenants for enhancements to building facades, landscapes, and parking lots and the installation of new pedestrian elements.
Donor Name: City of Salisbury
State: North Carolina
City: Salisbury
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/30/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The MSD Incentive Grant assists property and business owners within the Downtown Municipal Service District with enhancements to building facades, landscapes, driveways, and parking lots. These projects can range from minor repairs and repainting to substantial façade and landscape rehabilitation projects and the installation of new pedestrian amenities such as outdoor seating, planters, awnings, café fences, and lighting.
Funding Information
Grants are awarded on a 50/50 matching basis with a maximum City participation of $5,000.
Eligible Projects
- Introduction of new pedestrian amenities, including planters, outdoor seating, café fencing, umbrellas, lighting, bicycle racks, and art – including the purchase of Salisbury Sculpture Show sculptures
- Installation of new façade elements, including signage, lighting, and awnings
- Painting of murals and ghost sign restoration
- Restoration and rehabilitation of storefronts
- Removal of false façades and metal canopies
- Repair and replacement of windows and doors
- Repair or reconstruction of architectural details
- Repointing brick and masonry repairs
- New parking lot amenities, including landscaping and artwork
- Paving improvements
- Exterior painting
- Green building improvements, including solar panels, electric vehicle charging stations, green roofs, and white roofs
- Other building and landscape beautification projects that enhance that appearance and pedestrian-friendly environment of the Municipal Service District
Ineligible Projects
- Routine maintenance
- Painting of unpainted masonry or brick – excluding approved murals
- New building construction
- Interior rehabilitation
- Properties with any delinquencies in taxes or City utilities cannot be reviewed
- Unapproved alterations to buildings, parking lots, and landscapes within the Local Historic District
- Projects that have commenced prior to review by the CAC Grants Subcommittee
For more information, visit City of Salisbury.
