We know that you have seen it. The Downtown District is becoming awesome. People are flocking to O’Fallon’s downtown every day.

To help encourage further progress, the City of O’Fallon created a competitive grant program to help encourage growth in the Downtown District. This matching grant (up to approximately $15k) can be used by property owners to improve the exteriors of their buildings and make Downtown beautiful. The goal is to make the District even more AWESOME and BEAUTIFUL than it already is!

There were 9 submissions and not enough money for everyone. So, after a competitive process. Each submission was judged by a committee of O’Fallon residents, engineers and architects. It was a tough choice, but the time has come…

We are proud to announce the winners of the 2019/2020 Downtown District Facade Improvement Program:

The Outdoorsman (127 East First Street)

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227 West First Street

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1st Street Lounge:

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Lehman’s Barber Shop (123 East State Street):

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Steven Muller Florist (101 West State Street):

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The grant winners now have six months to begin construction on the improvements of their facades. The property owners will receive grant funding in the form of reimbursement for costs of thier facade improvement after the work is complete.

Money from the Central City Redevelopment Tax Increment Financing District were used for the facade improvement grant program.

Want to know more, or ask about how you can become a part of the program? Reach Out To Us.  

Learn more about the Downtown District at www.ofallondowntowndistrict.com