Council to Vote on Facade Grants Next Week
Hyattsville's City Council to vote next week on $91,000 in grant awards to improve commercial facades.
The Hyattsvlle City Council will vote next week on awarding a total of roughly $91,300 to six businesses as part of a new commercial facade improvement grant program. The program began in August 2011 when the Hyattsville City Council approved the Commercial Facade Improvement Program to award commercial renovation matching grants of up to $45,000 per building The grants under consideration are: Funds for the grant program come from a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant administered by the city of Hyattsville. The grants can be used to pay for design, materials, labor and permitting fees to construct physical improvements to commercial structures. The grant money may not be used for interior …
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Michael Theis
4:02 pm on Wednesday, February 15, 2012
It may not be how it's designed, but the improvements are grant funded. Do remember that these are matching grants, so the owners are putting up dough, too. And, being that they are grants, any improvements done are the property of the grantee. more ›