Downtown Enhancement Grants
The Downtown Enhancement Grants (DEG) support and promote community-based planning, marketing, and restoration efforts in Indiana Main Street communities. These efforts improve the quality of life for residents and provide opportunities for increasing private investment and employment. Projects that may qualify for funding include promotional campaigns, program branding, façade renovations or rehabilitations, establishment of revolving loan funds specific to Main Street activities, and other initiatives related to Indiana Main Street communities’ downtowns.
There is $150,000 now available to communities participating in the Indiana Main Street program. Grant requests up to $20,000 will be considered.
For more information on the grant program, or to see if your community is eligible, please contact Shae Young by phone at 317.232.8910 or via email at shyoung@ocra.in.gov.
Funded projects were eligible to receive up to $20,000. The first ever Downtown Enhancement Grant winners in 2007 were:
|
Recipient |
Project Type |
Award |
|---|---|---|
|
Crawfordsville Main Street |
|
$6,750 |
Elkhart Main Street |
Wayfinding Signage |
$20,000 |
|
Historic Farmland U.S.A. |
Signage and Promotional Campaign |
$12,400 |
|
Jeffersonville Main Street |
Façade Improvement Project |
$10,000 |
|
Kokomo Main Street |
Wayfinding Signage |
$20,000 |
|
Main Street Shelbyville |
Business Recruitment Package |
$20,000 |
|
Michigan City Main Street |
Façade Improvement Project |
$10,000 |
|
Nappanee Main Street |
Façade Improvement Project |
$10,000 |
|
Sheridan Main Street |
Downtown Improvement Plan |
$12,500 |
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