2023 VMS, CBL AND VBDRG AWARDS

Virginia Main Street Downtown Investment Grants  

Locality/Organization

Project Name

Award

Ashland Main Street Association

Downtown Revitalization

$75,000

Believe in Bristol

Bristol Public Art Initiative

$75,000

Culpeper Renaissance Inc.

Culpeper Downtown Public Spaces Improvement Project

$75,000

Destination Downtown South Boston

Wayfinding Signage Program

$75,000

Downtown Blackstone Inc.

Town Square Improvement Project

$75,000

Downtown Lynchburg Association

Bright Nights on the Bluffwalk

$75,000

Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance

Harrisonburg Pavement to Park

$75,000

Tappahannock Main Street

Tapp-In and Connect

$61,000

Farmville Downtown Partnership

Façade Grant Program 2023

$50,000

Hopewell Downtown Partnership

Made in Hopewell: Leveraging Our Industrial Legacy for Downtown

$50,000

Tazewell Today Inc.

Greenspace/Main Street Park

$32,000

Staunton Downtown Development Association

The Central Avenue Project

$20,000

City of Winchester

Nonprofit Restructuring 2024

$20,000

St. Paul Tomorrow

Gateway Art

$10,000

TOTAL:

$768,000

 

Virginia Main Street Community Vitality Grants

Locality/Organization

Project Name

Award

Town of Clarksville

Wayfinding Project

$30,000

City of Galax

Galax CVG Project 2023

$24,000

Downtown Front Royal Inc.

Organizational Structure

$15,000

Gate City Frontier Inc.

Gate City Proud

$15,000

Town of Halifax

Downtown Connections 2

$15,000

Town of Leesburg

Wayfinding Project

$15,000

Louisa Forward Foundation

LFF Wayfinding Louisa

$15,000

Town of Urbanna

Urbanna Main Street

$5,500

TOTAL:

$134,500

 

Community Business Launch Grants

Locality/Organization

Project Name

Award

Downtown Lynchburg Association

Launch LYH 2024

$100,000

Metropolitan Business League

Metropolitan Business League Petersburg Downtown Business Development

$100,000

Stanardsville Area Revitalization

Stanardsville Area Revitalization, Community Business Launch 2024

$60,000

City of Covington

City of Covington Community Business Launch

$50,000

Town of Waverly

Waverly Community Business Launch 2024

$50,000

Town of Wise

Community Business Launch 2024 – Town of Wise

$50,000

 

TOTAL:

$410,000

 

Virginia Business District Resurgence Grants

Locality/Organization

Project Name

Award

Street Foodies Foundation

Urban Social Enterprise Mobile Market

$150,000

Downtown Lynchburg Association

Downtown Lynchburg Association Retail Environment Initiative

$135,000

Ashland Main Street Association

Ashland and Hanover Entrepreneurial Ecosystem

$100,000

Bristol Chamber of Commerce

Made in Bristol

$100,000

Town of Clarksville

Historic Downtown Clarksville Façade Improvement Match Program 2024

$100,000

Destination Downtown South Boston

South Boston Keep Entrepreneurs Program Vol. 2, Destination Downtown South Boston, Program 2024

$100,000

Downtown Wytheville Inc.

Small Business Sustainability and Utility Stabilization Incentive Pilot Program

$100,000

Economic Development Authority

Newport News Economic Development Authority Southeast Commercial and  Retail Support FY24

$100,000

City of Galax

2024 Galax Main Street Strategy

$100,000

Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance

Bricks and Clicks

$100,000

Metropolitan Business League

We Care Resurgence Grants

$100,000

Retail Merchants Association of the Tidewater

Retail Merchants Association Business District Resurgence Grant FY24

$100,000

Waynesboro Economic Development Authority

Resurgence 2 2024

$100,000

Town of Altavista

Spark Innovation Boost Your Business Series

$57,000

Project Glade

Project YES Business and Innovation Center 2023-24

$56,000

The Harvest Foundation

A Foundation for the Martinsville Minority Business Consortium

$50,000

Town of Blackstone

Blackstone Growversity

$50,000

TOTAL:

$1,598,00