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Main Street board expands façade grant to cover interior work, renames it ‘Downtown Improvement Grant’
Summary
The Main Street Advisory Board approved changes to its façade grant program to permit interior and energy conservation work, increase eligibility thresholds and raise the top award for large projects to $40,000.
At its June 25 meeting, the Main Street Advisory Board voted unanimously to modify the city’s façade improvement program, renaming it the Downtown Improvement Grant and broadening eligible work to include interior systems and energy conservation measures necessary to make historic downtown buildings leasable.
The changes — moved by Anita Ramos Ramirez and seconded by Rudy Trevino — expand eligible improvements to include electrical service upgrades, fire…
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