Downtown Preservation — Missouri Department of Economic Development funding opportunity
Missouri Department of Economic Development · State agency

Downtown Preservation

Improve the cultural heartbeat of your community by redeveloping your downtown. Re-polish those blighted Main Streets and Broadways that help define your town and reinvigorate tourism. Redevelopment area must be classifi...

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Deadline Rolling Location Missouri Type grant Level State Open
✦ AI Summary
  • Who can apply: State-level applicants (see eligibility for details).
  • Deadline: Rolling — applications accepted any time.
  • Issued by: Missouri Department of Economic Development.
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Who can apply — at a glance

  • Eligible applicants: see the Eligibility tab for the criteria from the official announcement.
  • Where: Missouri.
  • Award: amount not specified by the source.
  • Matching funds: not required.
  • Deadline type: Rolling.

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About the funder

Missouri Department of Economic Development is a state-level funder.

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Deadline
Rolling

About this opportunity

Improve the cultural heartbeat of your community by redeveloping your downtown. Re-polish those blighted Main Streets and Broadways that help define your town and reinvigorate tourism. Redevelopment area must be classified as "blighted" or a "conservation area" and shall not exceed 10% of the entire geographic area of the municipality, and must be located in a "central business district". At least 50% of the buildings in the central business district must be 35 years old or older. This program is exclusively for municipalities with a population of 200,000 inhabitants or less, and median household income of sixty-two thousand dollars or less. Other restrictions apply.

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Who can apply

Redevelopment area must be classified as "blighted" or a "conservation area" and shall not exceed 10% of the entire geographic area of the municipality, and must be located in a "central business district". At least 50% of the buildings in the central business district must be 35 years old or older. This program is exclusively for municipalities with a population of 200,000 inhabitants or less, and median household income of sixty-two thousand dollars or less. Other restrictions apply.

Geographic eligibility

  • Missouri

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Source systemmo-ded-programs
Source IDdowntown-preservation

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