- Last Updated on Sunday, 30 June 2013 23:26
The Charleroi Design Committee operating in conjunction with the Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce, has established a Façade Improvement Project II to assist business and property owners in Charleroi’s Central Business District in improving the appearance of the facades of commercial buildings.
 This property at 431 McKean Avenue in Charleroi was improved in the first phase of the Façade Improvement funding from LSA through the Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce. The building houses a new business, Vain Salon
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The funding for the program was secured through the Washington County Local Share Account from gaming revenues. The Chamber distributed $46,000 in the first pool of funding received from the LSA in 2011 and 2012, representing approximately $120,000 in property improvements within the community. The new award is for $60,000 and will be available to draw from in September.
Owners of businesses and commercial properties in the project area (McKean and Fallowfield Avenues between the Borough line on the southern end and 12th street on the northern end, including Chamber Plaza and all streets perpendicular, are eligible to apply for the matching grant facade project, the purposes of which are as follows:
• To stimulate investment, sales and other economic activities in the central business district.
• To enhance the existing historic character of building in the central business district.
• To promote the image of the central business district as a strong economic entity.
• To encourage preventive maintenance and proper repair of the buildings and storefronts.
• To increase property values in the central business district.
• To encourage new businesses to locate in the central business district.
Grants will be made on a matching basis (one dollar of grant money for each dollar of private investment) with a maximum grant amount of $5,000.00 per property. Minimum grant is $1,000 per property, i.e., must be at least $2,000 investment. Grants will be a reimbursement basis only.
Eligible grant activities must be reviewed and approved by the Design Committee and applicants must show proof of payment to their contractors and suppliers to be reimbursed under the grant guidelines.
If anyone is interested in completing projects in the designated project area, guidelines and application can be e-mailed by request at info@mvrchamber.org or by calling 724-483-3507. Deb Keefer, Chamber Director is the Grant administrator, and John Mollenauer is the Design Committee Chairman.
Owners of businesses and commercial properties in the project area (McKean and Fallowfield Avenues between the Borough line on the southern end and 12th street on the northern end, including Chamber Plaza and all streets perpendicular, are eligible to apply for the matching grant facade project, the purposes of which are as follows:
• To stimulate investment, sales and other economic activities in the central business district.
• To enhance the existing historic character of building in the central business district.
• To promote the image of the central business district as a strong economic entity.
• To encourage preventive maintenance and proper repair of the buildings and storefronts.
• To increase property values in the central business district.
• To encourage new businesses to locate in the central business district.
Grants will be made on a matching basis (one dollar of grant money for each dollar of private investment) with a maximum grant amount of $5,000.00 per property. Minimum grant is $1,000 per property, i.e., must be at least $2,000 investment. Grants will be a reimbursement basis only.
Eligible grant activities must be reviewed and approved by the Design Committee and applicants must show proof of payment to their contractors and suppliers to be reimbursed under the grant guidelines.
If anyone is interested in completing projects in the designated project area, guidelines and application can be e-mailed by request at info@mvrchamber.org or by calling 724-483-3507. Deb Keefer, Chamber Director is the Grant administrator, and John Mollenauer is the Design Committee Chairman.
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