Redevelopment Commission shifts $11,500 in Main Street grants to complete owner‑occupied historic home project

Redevelopment Commission members approved a midyear reallocation of Main Street grant funds to complete a restoration project on a historic Center Street home. Commissioners voted to move remaining funds from a sign grant and a small‑business grant into the owner‑occupied grant line to finish the home’s work and leave one small‑business grant available for the remainder of the year.

Why it matters: The reallocation directs scarce grant dollars to complete a historic rehabilitation project judged by staff to be a practical use of remaining funds; the change was made midyear and will be noted in the program spreadsheet.

Director Mesmore described the Main Street grant pipeline and said one grant category had run out of money while additional requests remained. He recommended moving one blade/sign grant of $4,000 and one existing small business action grant of $7,500 — a combined $11,500 — into the owner‑occupied line item to complete the Center Street historic home project and preserve one small business grant for the rest of the fiscal year. Mesmore said the Center Street property is “a historic home” and that the funds would allow completion of the work.

A motion to approve the repositioning of the funds passed by voice vote. Staff said the change will be marked with an asterisk in the grant spreadsheet to note the midyear adjustment.

The transcript contains a minor inconsistency: at one point staff said they would “transfer that $7,500 to the owner occupied,” and later described removing both a $4,000 sign grant and a $7,500 small‑business grant and moving the combined amounts. The commission recorded the combined repositioning in its vote.

Next steps: staff will reflect the change in the grant spreadsheet, annotate the midyear transfer, and proceed to disburse funds to complete the Center Street project.