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Downtown façade grant uses $57,500 in city funds for eight projects; several begin in October
Summary
At a Defiance City Council meeting, Downtown Defiance organizers reviewed the 2025 façade grant program: $57,500 from city funds plus a $7,500 grant supported eight projects that leveraged about $170,000 in total investment. Council was asked to budget $50,000 for 2026.
Kirsty Mack and incoming Downtown Defiance executive director Ezekiel “Zeke” Tracy presented the 2025 Downtown Defiance façade grant results during the Defiance City Council meeting. The program awarded $57,500 in city funds and a $7,500 grant to support eight downtown façade projects this year, organizers said.
Mack said, “We had 8 total projects. The full $57,500 was used. The total investment for all of those projects for that is just under a $170,000.” The work covered storefronts, awnings, windows and masonry across multiple buildings in the downtown core.
The grant-funded projects listed by Mack included 654 Perry Street (awning work), 419 Fifth Street (full window project), 607 West Third (masonry on west and south elevations), 210 Clinton (masonry on the south elevation…
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