OSBR Commercial Facade Improvement Grant Program
Marlene''s Barber Shop, Round I Commercial Facade Improvement Grant awardee.
The Center for Planning Excellence is offering a reimbursable, matching grant program as an incentive to owners of buildings and businesses to improve facades within any of the eight (8) Old South Baton Rouge Project Development Areas (PDA). The grant will match dollar for dollar, within the program limits listed in the application, funds spent on improvements to facades of commercial buildings located in the Old South Baton Rouge (OSBR) community. See map. Eligible Façade improvements may include removing old facades structures, installing new and replacement awning, canopies and signs, landscaping, and performing other improvements in a manner consistent with the applicable regulations codes and ordinances and the design criteria outlined in the Louisiana Speaks Pattern Book published in 2006. No Façade Improvement Grant may exceed 50% of the project cost.
Round III Grant Awardees
- Highland Terrace Service Station
- Mable''s Flower Shop
- Accounting Solutions & Services
- Lincoln II Building/Hunter Ventures, LLC
- Cheap-O-Mart
- Odelle S. Williams Now and Then Museum of African American History
- Ironstone, LLC.
Round I Grant Awardees
- Marlene''s Hair & Beauty
- Inga''s Subs & Salads
- Ingram''s Fabricated Filters
The application period for Round III of the Commercial Facade Improvement Grant is currently closed. Applications can be sumitted to the Center for Planning Excellence anytime for consideration in a future grant round.
OSBR Commercial Facade Program In Action
On January 18, 2010, over 125 students helped paint Mable''s Flower shop and two homes on Thomas Delpit Drive as part of the MLK Day of Service and in honor of the LSU Sesquicentennial Celebration. Read more.
OSBR Commercial Facade Improvement Grant Program Funders:
NeighborWorks America, East Baton Rouge Mortgage Finance Authority, Chase, Capital One, and Regions.