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Local business owners ask HLPC for letter supporting additional façade grant funding
Summary
Owners and commissioners discussed drafting a letter to Mayor and city administration asking for additional funding for façade grants to help downtown property owners undertake restoration and storefront rehabilitation.
During public presentations on storefront work at 33 North Front Street and on Lower Broadway, several applicants asked the Historic Landmarks Preservation Commission to draft a letter to Mayor and the city advocating that funds set aside for building restoration also be accessible for façade grants.
Applicant John Perry (33 North Front) asked the commission for an endorsement to help secure matching funds; he told the commission he is not able to fund a full restoration without assistance and asked that a letter be prepared by the commission to support additional allocations. Commission members discussed past Main Street grants and noted some funding has historically come from state programs. Commissioners asked staff to draft a letter addressed to the mayor requesting that restoration funding being sought by the administration include targeted façade improvement grants or matching funds for property owners.
The request was handled as direction to staff rather than a formal grama motion on the record; commissioners indicated support for preparing a letter to the mayor and for working with the mayor’s office and grant staff to identify appropriate funding sources.
