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Redevelopment commission approves five facade grants, adds condition to protect downtown mural
Summary
On Nov. 20 the Muncie Redevelopment Commission approved five facade grants — totaling about $75,000 of the program's $150,000 annual budget — and voted to add a contingency protecting a well-known mural on South Walnut as part of one award.
The Muncie Redevelopment Commission on Nov. 20 approved five facade grant awards recommended by its facade committee and added a contingency stipulating that the mural on 306 South Walnut not be altered as a condition of one grant.
Commissioner Bishop, who presented the committee's recommendations, said the committee received roughly 10–12 applications and was recommending five awards for approval. The five projects approved together represent about $75,000 of the program's $150,000 annual allocation, Bishop said. "We are recommending approval of 5 of those today," he told the commission.
Projects approved included: an application from Jonathan Chambliss / Crew Construction for 215 South Walnut (committee noted a project cost of $143,000 and a facade grant cap of $25,000); an application from Michael Jennings for a house in the Gilbert National Historic District (committee noted a requested…
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