The City of Greenville has a facade improvement program whereby they will reimburse some of the expense building owners incur when they are improving the facades of their buildings.
Key items from the the City of Greenville’s Facade Improvement Program presentation.
- REIMBURSEMENT GRANT PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE CITY OF
GREENVILLE - PROVIDES FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL DESIGN ASSISTANCE TO
COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN
TARGETED COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS FOR QUALIFIED FACADE
IMPROVEMENTS - SUPPORTS THE REVITALIZATION OF THE CITY’S COMMERCIAL
CORRIDORS BY STIMULATING PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN HIGHQUALITY IMPROVEMENTS - HELPS OWNERS ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF BUILDINGS AND
PROPERTIES AND ELIMINATE BLIGHT AND NON-CONFORMING
DESIGN STANDARDS - THE PROGRAM IS NOT RETROACTIVE. APPLICATIONS MUST BE
APPROVED IN WRITING BY THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR FAÇADE
REVIEW COMMITTEE PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF WORK - $10,000 PER PROPERTY, FOR ELIGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS
- CITY WILL REIMBURSE UP TO 50% OF EXPENSES EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN $10,000. FOR ADDITIONAL EXPENSES ABOVE $10,000 THE CITY WILL REIMBURSE 20% OF ELIGIBLE EXPENSES NOT TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM AWARD AMOUNT OF $10,000
- EXAMPLE: IF THE APPLICANT’S ELIGIBLE EXPENSES EQUAL $25,000, HE/SHE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN $8,000 REIMBURSEMENT GRANT
- [($10,000 X50%) + ($15,000 X 20%)] = $8,000
For questions, be sure to reach out to the City of Greenville. All projects must be approved first before you will receive any kind of reimbursement.