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Landmarks Commission reviews 2025 paint-repair grants and new eligibility rules tied to CDBG

Waukesha Landmarks Commission · January 7, 2026
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Summary

City staff reported $25,000 allocated for paint repair grants in 2025, about $18,600 disbursed and $6,432 pending; staff explained new eligibility rules that remove area-based census-tract limits and require spot slum-blight designations for individual properties receiving funds, and recommended earlier SHPO and environmental review documentation.

Charlie, a city staff member, summarized the Landmarks Commission’s 2025 paint-repair grant program and upcoming procedural changes tied to federal CDBG requirements.

Charlie said the commission had $25,000 in the 2025 grant fund plus $350 carryover and had dispersed roughly $18,600 so far; about $6,432 remains contingent on two projects finishing. “Landmarks Commission paint repair grants are an increasing scale of roughly 15% of the cost of a project up to a maximum of $3,000,” Charlie said.

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