Special by Kyle Kramm, director of Seguin Main Street, CVB
(Seguin) — The City of Seguin has launched its 2024 Business Improvement Grant application and is encouraging commercial property owners and business owners to think BIG about improving their properties. The grant program, started during COVID as a program to assist our businesses survive the shutdown and make improvements while they were closed, the program has continued to adapt and remain successful in helping businesses make large capital investments that are benefiting the entire community.
The BIG Program is a reimbursement-based grant program aimed at the development and expansion of business enterprises within the City of Seguin. BIG Program applicants may be eligible to receive up to a 75 percent matching grant, with a maximum grant awarded to an applicant not to exceed $10,000. Improvements and other expenditures eligible under the Seguin BIG Program include façade improvements, sign improvements, site improvements, and other real property improvements.
“The BIG Program has been a great tool to strengthen our downtown reinvestment and revitalization,” said Kyle Kramm, Seguin Main Street & CVB director, “It has helped downtown property owners install new HVAC equipment, paint storefronts, repair roofs, and more. And what makes this great is that unlike the façade grant program, the BIG program can be used for interior projects, and it is highly adaptable to meet the needs of the business.”
Program Guidelines and Applications for the Seguin BIG Program can be found on the City of Seguin’s Website at www.SeguinTexas.gov, or the Seguin Economic Development Corporation’s website at www.SeguinEDC.com. Applications must be submitted through the BIG application portal which can be accessed by visiting: https://bit.ly/seguin-big24 Applications are due by the close of business on the last day of each month. Applications submitted after the last day of the month will be reviewed the following month, subject to funding availability.
