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Downtown Revitalization and Main Street Programs

Fund Acronyms:

DRP (also referred to as CDM)

Descriptions:

The DRP program objective is to provide infrastructure improvements to address the conditions that contribute to the deterioration in an area designated as slum or blighted in the applicant community's downtown or main street area.

All Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants are nonentitlement general purpose units of local government including cities and counties that are not participating or designated as eligible to participate in the entitlement portion of the federal Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG). Nonentitlement cities that are not participating in urban county programs through existing participation agreements are eligible applicants (unless the city’s population is counted towards the urban county CDBG allocation).

Nonentitlement cities are located predominately in rural areas and are cities with populations less than 50,000 thousand persons; cities that are not designated as a central city of a metropolitan statistical area; and cites that are not participating in urban county programs. Nonentitlement counties are also predominately rural in nature and are counties that generally have fewer than 200,000 persons in the nonentitlement cities and unincorporated areas located in the county.

Eligible Downtown Revitalization Applicants

Eligible applicants must be an incorporated municipality and not be designated as an official Texas Historical Commission Main Street City. To determine eligibility of a particular city, contact TDA. The city is responsible for the administration and success of the project throughout the term of the contract.

All proposed infrastructure improvements to be funded by the TxCDBG Program must be located on public property within the designated downtown district. Typically, a downtown district will meet 2 or more of the following:

1) The city’s historic area of commerce

2) May be the area around the courthouse or city square;

3) Commercial area for the community

4) Buildings of historical significance, but not primarily residential

5) Must be areas included in or contiguous to the economic center of the community; and

6) The retail area for the community that does not include single-family dwellings.

Eligible Main Street Revitalization Applicants

Eligible applicants must be an incorporated municipality with a designation as an official Texas Historical Commission Main Street City prior to applying to TxCDBG and must remain a participating city for the duration of the award/contract. To determine eligibility of a particular city, contact TDA. The city is responsible for the administration and success of the project throughout the term of the contract.

All proposed infrastructure improvements to be funded by the TxCDBG Program must be located on public property within the designated Main Street area.

Award Amount

$500,000

Project Application (Phase 2) Deadline: August 30, 2024

2024 CDM Project Application Guidance (Published 5/15/24)

Appendix II - Application Instructions (Coming soon!)

Community Application (Phase 1) Deadline: April 3, 2024

2024 Community Application Guide (CDM)

Appendix A - Public Participation (CDM)

Appendix B (CDM)

Appendix C (CDM)

For further information about the Downtown Revitalization / Main Street Programs, please contact Crystal Ortegon by email at Crystal.Ortegon@TexasAgriculture.gov.