The City of Breese Business District Improvement Grant Program is a grant initiative administrated by the City of Breese.
Donor Name: City of Breese
State: Illinois
City: Breese
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/31/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $5,000
Details:
The purpose of the program is to encourage and assist property and business owners to improve the interior and exterior of their business properties. Properties must be within One (1) of the Three (3) Business Districts within the City of Breese and a Registered Business must occupy the property.
A building owner/eligible business can only participate in the Improvement Program with one project per fiscal year.
Funding Information
Applicants are eligible to receive a Grant reimbursement for eligible expenses on the project up to $5,000 (Fiscal Year 05/01/2022-04/30/2023 Cycle).
Eligibility Criteria
A building owner/eligible business can only participate in the Improvement Program with one project per fiscal year. Funds are limited and winning projects will be selected as part of a competitive process.
Applicant/Property Owner Qualifications
- An applicant/property owner under a current TIF agreement with the City is not eligible for the Improvement program for their active project. Once the work associated with the TIF agreement is complete the applicant/property owner would be allowed to apply for an improvement grant.
- Must be current in the payment of real estate taxes to Clinton County
- Must be current in any amounts or accounts due to the City of Breese
- No significant code violations (present or pending) within the City of Breese and no violations of the City of Breese Building Code or Inspections
- Business occupying property must be Registered with the City of Breese
Eligible costs include, but are not limited to:
- Architectural cost, engineering cost, legal cost, and finance cost.
- Acquisition of land or other real property
- Demolition or removal of existing components of real property
- Cost of renovation, rehabilitation, improvements to real property
- Cost of installation of equipment, utilities, fixtures
- Cost of exterior renovation, rehabilitation, improvement
- Cost of approved signage
- Cost of approved fencing.
For more information, visit City of Breese.