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Urbana backs county CDBG application to rehabilitate Quality Meats building with $7,500 city match
Summary
Council approved a resolution supporting Champaign County’s CDBG flexible grant application to rehabilitate the Quality Meats building at 125 S. Main Street, committing $7,500 in CDBG program income as a local match and certifying the project meets a spot slum/blight national objective.
Urbana City Council voted to support Champaign County’s 2024 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) flexible grant application to rehabilitate the Quality Meats building at 125 South Main Street and committed $7,500 from the city’s CDBG program income as a local match.
Staff described the project as a facade rehabilitation and reconstruction of a failing rear addition to meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation so the building can use historic tax credits. The owner, Nancy Martin, and her tax-credit consultant were present; staff said the owner has submitted a state historic tax credit application and intends to pursue federal historic tax credits as well. If the county’s full application is funded, the project budget would include roughly $250,000 from the CDBG flexible grant; city program income would contribute $7,500.
Staff walked council through the requirement to certify the building as meeting a spot slum-and-blight national objective for CDBG purposes and to comply with the Secretary of the Interior’s rehabilitation standards for any work conducted under the grant period. The city’s building official provided a condition report used to support eligibility.
Council approved the resolution by roll call. Staff said if the grant is awarded the project will provide a rehabilitated storefront, a modern restroom and an upstairs apartment as part of the building’s reuse.
