Commercial Facade and Aesthetic Improvement Grant Program
The program objective is to encourage the improvement of the aesthetic quality of commercial properties located in designated commercial corridors through a public/private partnership program between the City of Norfolk and local businesses.
To qualify for the grant program, properties must be located in the following corridor areas (for detailed maps--8.5" x 11" .pdf, click below links or map):
- East Little Creek Road (generally, along East Little Creek from Chesapeake Blvd. to Shore Drive)
- Fairmount Park (generally, along Tidewater Drive and Lafayette Blvd. and encompassing areas on Cromwell Road, Ballentine and Chesapeake Boulevards)
- Five Points (generally, the areas at the intersection of Norview Avenue, Sewells Point Road and Chesapeake Boulevard)
- Riverview (generally, along Granby Street between 38th Street and Holly Avenue)
- Titustown area (generally, along West Little Creek Road from Nesbitt to Endfield Avenues)
- 35th Street (generally, from Granby Street to Colley Avenue)
Only commercially developed properties are eligible for the program.
Eligible improvements for grant funding may include the following: building façade improvements; enhanced entrances or storefronts; exterior lighting; replacement of signage; fencing; landscaping; upgraded parking surface areas (paving) with associated landscape improvements; or engineering fees associated with exterior work; site and building demolitions related to upgrading real estate in the targeted area.
Contact:
Department of Planning & Community Development
5th Floor, Room 508, City Hall Building
810 Union Street
Norfolk, VA 23510
Telephone: 757-664-4752
Facsimile: 757-441-1569
