The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development is accepting the letter of intent for the Historic Development Grant Program.
Donor Name: Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
State: Tennessee
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/30/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000-$300,000
Details:
The legislators recognized that historic buildings and their preservation expand the state’s economy, create new employment opportunities, revitalize and renew communities, create an environment for investment, and promote tourism and rural economic development.
Funding Information
The minimum grant amount is $5,000 ($15,000 project) and the maximum is $300,000.
Eligible Properties
- Certified historic structures that are:
- listed individually in the National Register of Historic Places or are part of a National Register of Historic Places historic district and certified by the secretary of the United States Department of the Interior as being of historic significance to the district
- are in a tier three (3) or four (4) county as determined by TNECD; federally qualified opportunity zone (see the TNECD Opportunity Zones directory for a map of opportunity zones in Tennessee); state and nationally accredited Tennessee Main Street community or Tennessee Downtown community or Certified Local Governments approved by the National Parks Service in counties with a population of no more than 200,000 persons.
- The applicant must be the person or entity who holds legal fee or leasehold title to a certified historic structure or an identifiable portion of the certified historic structure.
For more information, visit TNECD.