Fiscal Note
The 2008 DPCED Adopted Capital Budget (Project No. 25, “Facade Improvement Grants”) authorizes $125,000 for facade projects. Following approval of this Resolution, $2,500 of authorized funding will remain for future projects.
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Approving Facade Improvement Grants to: 1051-1053 Williamson St. (Tellurian), 114-116 King St. (Opus Lounge & Woofs), 520 S. Park St. (Vacant), 501 State St. (The Stop & Shop Grocery) and100 N. Hamilton St. (Madison Children’s Museum).
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On February 3, 2004, the Common Council adopted Resolution ID # 61179, approving the Facade Improvement Grant Program to support and encourage small local businesses to reinvest in the downtown and smaller, neighborhood shopping and business areas and designating the Community Development Authority as the agent of the City for the operation and administration of the Program. The grants are matching grants and will be provided in an amount up to 50% of the total project costs up to a maximum of $10,000 for a single facade, $20,000 for a building with two facades, and $25,000 for a “flatiron” building. The objective of the Program is to restore, or substantially beautify, or enhance the entire facade or elevation of a commercial building. The facade proposals have been reviewed by the Facade Improvement Grant Staff Team and meet the requirements of the Facade Improvement Grant Program. The Urban design Commission has reviewed the facade proposals and recommends design approval.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Common Council does hereby approve the following Facade Improvement Grants:
1.) 1051-53 Williamson Street: Tellurian
The building is a two-story brick Neo-Classical style commercial building constructed in 1904 for Elmer and Albert Mills as the Mills Brothers Grocery Store. It was also used temporarily after the Sixth Ward School was demolished and a new one built. It was also used as the Branch Library before the library next door was built. This building is in ...
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