REvitalizeME Downtown Grant Program Open

REvitalizeME Downtown, funded through the National Park Service, Paul Bruhn Revitalization Grant Program will offer historic preservation grants to historic property owners located in 23 Maine Downtown Center communities that are classified as current Main Streets or Downtown Affiliates. 

Email Anne Ball with any questions.

REvitalizeME Downtown will offer development grants to historic properties for preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation in MDC downtowns. Eligible properties for this subgrant program will be those that provide infrastructure—broadly defined—that contributes to the social and economic life of the town and the surrounding area and represents the history of the local community. Eligible properties may include, but are not limited to, historic theaters, community centers, libraries, museums, retail establishments, cafes/restaurants, co-working spaces, shared commercial kitchens, entrepreneurial hubs, and municipal buildings.

Buildings, structures, sites and objects listed in the Register deteriorate over time; therefore, these properties require periodic work to preserve and protect their historic significance and integrity. Eligible projects include activities that preserve or restore historic properties, and may include exterior, interior, or historic landscape work, as well as limited updating of HVAC systems. The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties define appropriate preservation and restoration treatments for historic properties. Project-specific plans and specifications that meet the SOIS for the Treatment of Historic Properties must be complete at time of application and submitted with application for review.