The Blind Dog Tavern is one of the businesses getting city help to improve their indoor and/or outdoor looks as part of the ReStore Reno Awards to make our downtown areas better.
What do you think of this program so far as some of the businesses getting the early money don't seem to be in the worst eye sore areas of our downtown corridor?
Here is the top of today's press release:
"The City of Reno is excited to announce the first round of awardees in ReStore Reno, an initiative aimed to reinvigorate and reignite the downtown area by offering matching grants to property owners and business tenants for facade improvements and interior upgrades, totaling nearly $2,000,000 of investment in our community.
The awarded applicants include:
Pigeon Head Brewery, Façade Improvement
Junkee Reno, Façade improvement
Jupiter Red, Façade Improvement & Tenant Improvement
Blind Dog Tavern, Tenant Improvement
Poor Devil Saloon, Tenant Improvement
Best Mart & Patio, Façade Improvement & Tenant Improvement
The Morris, Façade Improvement & Tenant Improvement
Club Cal Neva, Façade Improvement
406 California Avenue, Façade Improvement & Tenant Improvement
Shims Surplus Supplies, Façade Improvement
$455,000 have been awarded in this first round of funding. However, there is still $595,000 in available grant funding and applications are being accepted through December 31, 2023.
“Seeing this much excitement and buzz around ReStore is proof that we are doing the right thing,” said Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve. “This magnitude of change does not happen overnight, but we are doing what we can to bring downtown back to life one business and building at a time.”
The City is matching eligible costs up to $50,000 for exterior facade improvement projects and up to $50,000 for interior tenant improvement projects. In some cases, an applicant could even be reimbursed up to $100,000 if they combine facade and tenant improvements."