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City updates rebate program website, partners with Friends of the Verde for larger grant cycles

5968797 · September 3, 2025
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Prescott staff unveiled a redesigned, city-hosted rebate application, data cleanup of historical entries, and a partnership with Friends of the Verde offering grant cycles (homeowners up to $5,000; businesses up to $10,000) to stack with city rebates. Staff plans to publish cleaned 2025 rebate-savings data in October.

City staff presented an update Sept. 2 on a redesign of Prescott’s water conservation rebate program, including a new city-hosted online application, data cleanup and a grant partnership with Friends of the Verde.

Tracy (last name not stated), the staff lead on water conservation, said the goals were to reduce barriers for applicants, save administrative time and improve the accuracy of rebate savings data used in long-term planning. Staff moved the application from a third-party host into the city’s own systems to reduce annual third-party hosting costs (staff said the previous hosting cost was over $10,000 per year)…

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