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ABR Approved Façade Grants for Two Downtown Buildings

April 5, 2024

TIFFIN, OHIO – April 5, 2024 – During a meeting on Tuesday, April 2nd, the City of Tiffin Architectural Board of Review (ABR) approved façade grants for two different buildings in Downtown Tiffin.

The ABR approved a $10,000 Façade Enhancement Grant for the American Legion at 280 S. Washington St. to resurface and restore an exterior wall in preparation for a future mural. The grant will also help fund new gutters and downspouts on the building. The $27,939 project was approved for the maximum grant amount.

Behm & Henry LLC was approved for a $3,344 Façade Enhancement Grant at 187-189 S. Washington St. to repair and restore the metal roof coating. This $10,850 project was allocated the remainder of the 2024 Façade Enhancement Grant funds.

The 2024 Façade Enhancement Program continues to be successful with 6 building project approvals for an investment of $196,645 which shows a $4 to $1 return on investment for downtown building restoration.

About Downtown Tiffin

The revitalization of downtown Tiffin began in 2011, when a group of community members came together to form “Tiffin Tomorrow”, with the goal of promoting and encouraging economic development in Downtown Tiffin, and creating plans, programs, and actions to ensure long-term vitality and prosperity. In 2014, the City of Tiffin contracted with SIEDC to act as the downtown organization and “Tiffin Tomorrow” came under the SIEDC (now TSEP) umbrella as the “Downtown Development Board,” which serves as the governing board of the downtown organization. In 2015, Tiffin joined Heritage Ohio’s Main Street Program. For more information, click here.

About Heritage Ohio

Heritage Ohio promotes economic growth through the preservation and revitalization of downtowns and neighborhoods across Ohio. Heritage Ohio is the coordinating agency for the Ohio Main Street Program and is the designated statewide Ohio preservation partner with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Through saving the places that matter we can all build a community and live better. Learn more about how to become involved by visiting www.heritageohio.org.

About Main Street America

Main Street America leads a movement committed to strengthening communities through preservation-based economic development in older and historic downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts. For more than 40 years, Main Street America has provided a practical, adaptable, and impactful framework for community-driven, comprehensive revitalization through the Main Street Approach™. Our network of more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Since 1980, communities participating in the program have generated more than $101.58 billion in new public and private investment, generated 168,693 net new businesses and 746,897 net new jobs, rehabilitated more than 325,119 buildings, and levered over 33.7 million volunteer hours. Main Street America is a nonprofit subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. For more information, visit mainstreet.org.

 
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