$50,000 Facade Grant

Downtown Middletown, Inc has just been assigned $50,000 to grant out through a facade grant program once administered by the City of Middletown.  This facade grant program has been rewritten since the City was directing it, but still is set up for building and property owners to use to repair or replace their building facades.  This time the program is set up as a 50/50 matching program through a reimbursement process.  We will match up to 50% of the total facade project cost and only by completing the entire project will the applicant be reimbursed their awarded amount.

2013-Round II

Once again we administering the City of Middletown’s Downtown Facade Grant Program.  We have up to $50,000 this year to grant out to various projects within the downtown area.  Please download the Facade Grant Application and Guidelines below.  If you have any questions please direct them to our Executive Director, Patrick Kay. Grant applications are due to our office no later than Friday May 1st at 5pm.  NO EXCEPTIONS!!

2013-Round II Facade Grant Guidelines

2013-Round II Facade Grant Application

 

2012 Facade Grant Program Results

The Chamber of Commerce—1500 Central Avenue
Repainting exterior of buildings in order to attract and improve image of business and the neighborhood.
Project Cost $3,400                             Requested $1,700                    Awarded $1,700

Rumford Productions—1011 Central Avenue

Clean front of building; adding new awning across front over both entrances; new windows on second and third floors (double hung on both front and back).
Project Cost $11,233                           Requested $5,616                    Awarded $5,500

Sorg Opera House—63 South Main Street
Reinstall and secure a ballroom window, blown out of its pocket.
Project Cost $3,000                             Requested $1,500                    Awarded $1,500

Stained & Bella—1054 Central Avenue
Awning over side door for new restaurant, new doorway for restaurant bar entry, and new façade in rear attached building that will resemble the same Spanish tile over hang on main building, new storefront glass and entry.
Project Cost $17,316                           Requested $8,660                    Awarded $8,500

Forrest Hills Country Club—791 Fourth Street
Replace gutter on south side of building, pressure wash, prime/seal, and paint exterior, apply a roof coating to seal exposed foam insulation, and fabricate new metal for the garage door on the south side of the building.
Project Cost $16,000                           Requested $8,000                    Awarded $7,800

Castell Building—1126 Central Avenue
Install new energy efficient windows on the rear of the building to match the existing ones on the front.  This project will also include a new entryway for the rear of the building.
Project Cost $88,960                           Requested $44,500                  Awarded $5,000

Outside the Line & Art Central Foundation—18 North Clinton Street
All new outside façade to include an arbor as an entryway to new restaurant which will also serve as an outside dining area.  This project also includes removal of vinyl siding covering the top half of the building as it facesVail Avenue, repainting of this section of the building and an addition of a flower box along bottom of newly exposed windows.
Project Cost $36,000                           Requested $18,000                  Awarded $15,000

Pictures of these project will soon be added to the website as they become available.