2022-2023 Louisiana Main Street Restoration Grant
Louisiana Main Street Restoration Grants provide matching funds to encourage the revitalization of historic downtown commercial properties in designated Louisiana Main Street districts. The Louisiana Main Street Restoration Grants serve as an effort to promote community revitalization and stimulate economic growth and vitality, in addition to enriching cultural tourism. Community reinvestment utilizing historic preservation practices improves community economic health by fostering renewed interest in shopping, working, and living downtown.
Grant funding and the number of grants awarded are dependent on state budgets and the amount of funding appropriated by the legislature each year.
Deadline: Grant applications must be submitted online to Louisiana Main Street, sometimes hereinafter referred to as the (“State”) no later than Sunday, July 31, 2022.
Matching funds: This grant requires a dollar-for-dollar monetary match toward hard costs. Grant funds are limited to actual construction/restoration hard costs only. Owner or tenant contributions of design work, or other sweat equity, equipment, etc. are regarded as in-kind and are not considered as matching funds for the purpose of this grant.
This is a reimbursement grant: The award amount is paid upon completion of the work described in the approved scope of work noted in the grant agreement which is executed after the recipients are announced. All grant-funded work must adhere to (1) the scope of work described in the grant application, (2) the historic preservation guidelines of the Secretary of the Interior Standards (SOI) [see web link below], and (3) the grant agreement that is executed after notification of award.
Grant funded work must comply with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation, available at the National Park Service’s website: http://www.nps.gov/tps/standards/rehabilitation/rehab/index.htm.
Applicants and their contractors are strongly advised to become familiar with these guidelines. Additional guidance may be found at http://www.nps.gov/hps/tps/standguide/ and http://www.nps.gov/tps/how-to-preserve/briefs.htm.
