Deadline: Contact OCR (below) Purpose: CDBG is a federally funded program that provides financial resources to assist in the development of viable communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment by expanding economic opportunities, primarily for persons of low and moderate income.
For more information: Please contact the Office of Community Renewal at Hampton Plaza, 38-40 State Street, 9th Floor, Albany NY 12207, phone (518) 474-2057, fax (518) 474-5247, email HCRinfo@nyshcr.org
Newburgh could really use a grant like this for Broadway or the Liberty Street business district! There will be a new grants category to keep up with grants suitable for Newburgh homeowners, businesses, and artists. Feel free to email any grant information to be posted on the blog.
Deadline: Contact NYMS (below) Purpose: New York Main Street (NYMS) provides funds to stimulate reinvestment in properties located within mixed use commercial districts located in urban, small town and rural areas of New York State. The funds can be used for:
rehabilitation of traditional commercial building stock
fostering small business development
expanding affordable housing opportunities with accessible upper-floor units
local-level community renewal programs
preserving significant or historic buildings
attracting new investment for adaptive reuse
bringing vacant commercial space into code compliance so that it can be occupied.
For more information: Please contact New York Main Street at Hampton Plaza, 38-40 State Street, 9th Floor, Albany NY 12207,
phone (518) 474-2057, fax (518) 474-5247, email MainStreet@nyshcr.org
August 9, 2011, 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Newburgh Free Library, 124 Grand Street, Newburgh
All Hudson Valley artists are invited to attend a Grant Writing Workshop sponsored by Arts in Orange. Find out how to apply for grant money to fund your performance or exhibit. Take the guess work out of applying and succeed in your application. Free to the public. Please register at www.newburghlibrary.org
Some really great events were funded with this grant last year like, the Pop Up Gallery which was a great success! I can’t wait to see what events might come to Newburgh from this grant. The deadline for submitting a grant application is Tuesday, September 20, 2011, no later than 4:30pm.
The City of Newburgh, Orange County and the Orange County Rural Development Advisory Corp. (RDAC) are offering technical assistance and information sessions about low-interest loans and grants available to qualified residents for home improvements.
The funding is intended to help homeowners address health and safety concerns and promote energy efficient options. The sessions are sponsored by the City of Newburgh CDBG program and the Newburgh Free Library.
You may also call the Department of Planning & Development at 569-9400 or email Greta Simmons, Housing Loan Officer, at gsimmons@cityofnewburgh-ny.gov.
The City of Newburgh and community partners offers low interest loans and grants to qualified residents for home improvements. Funds help homeowners address health and safety concerns and promote energy efficient improvements.
Are you someone that would like to share your talents with children in the school system? Arts in Orange will be holding a free information workshop for NYSCA grants. These grants are intended to take artists from within the community and integrate them into the school districts to collaborate with the schools traditional curriculum, for a more creative learning environment for students grades k-12.
The workshop will take place at:
6pm on Wednesday, September 29 at the Arts in Orange officelocated at the Quimby & Smith Shop, 91 Main St Pine Bush, NY.
These grants are available for Orange, Sullivan, Putnum & Westchester counties. Copies of the Application & Guidelines are available. The grants are due October 29, for projects during 2011.
