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NW 1st Ave Special Façade Improvements Program (B)
Explanation
At the January 3rd, 2019 City Commission Meeting, Commissioner Warren requested that the CRA place the midtown façade grant agreement with PreDevco, LLC on the February CRA agenda. Mr. Rod Shelton of PreDevco had contacted Commissioner Warren and requested that his façade grant be extended beyond the December 31, 2018 deadline.
Before construction began on the NW 1st Ave Streetscape Project, steps were taken to offer support to businesses along the corridor through multiple initiatives. One of these initiatives was a special Midtown Façade Grant Program. The program was created in order to encourage and support private investment in businesses that may have been impacted during street renovations by helping to make significant enhancements to their properties and building exteriors. The program focused on properties located within the geographic area bounded by West University Avenue, NW 2nd Avenue, NW 16th Street and NW 20th Street. This was an enhanced version of the Commercial Façade Improvements Program, offering up to a 100% reimbursement for eligible improvements (see Midtown Façade Grant Program_R3 V2, Page 3).
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The special program was time-limited and designed to be implemented in conjunction with construction of the NW 1st Avenue Streetscape, which was completed in July of 2018. As per page 6 of the application, the following requirements were listed and made part of all contracts:
A. Applications must be submitted to the CRA by December 1, 2017, 5 PM.
B. All approved projects must commence by January 31, 2018, and complete by December 31, 2018, to be eligible for grant reimbursement.
C. Grants may not be awarded for projects started before the grant award.
D. The CRA will distribute funds to the grant Recipient only upon validation that the work has been completed and it is demonstrated that all contractors are paid in full. Valid receipts must be submitted to re...
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