The Main Street Rhode Island Streetscape Improvement Fund award grants or loans on a competitive basis for improvements to Rhode Island commercial districts. Funding is available for projects that improve the streetscape, such as enhanced sidewalks, new street furniture, new way finding signage, upgraded building facades or improved street lighting.
None is available.
For additional information, please contact the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation at the information provided in the contact section of this posting.
Eligible applicants must be a municipality, a political subdivision of a municipality, or an Economic Development Organization.
Applications for this program will be available soon. A deadline has yet to be announced.
Awards will be up to $300,000. Applicants must have matching funds of at least 30% of the total project cost, though matching funds can take multiple forms, including expenditure on direct construction costs or soft costs, real estate donated to the project, or federal or local grants.