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Community Development Block Grants Economic Development [1]

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Date: 2026-07 

This category allows communities to improve their local economies through revitalization of downtowns, including façade improvements and code violation corrections for privately-owned commercial buildings and by investing in publicly-owned infrastructure that will support private job creation. Applications are accepted year-round and reviewed at the first of every month, until funds have been exhausted.

Programs included:

Downtown Revitalization

This program offers opportunity for eligible Missouri communities to engage in revitalization efforts to renew downtown areas and restore them to their former prominence as a center of community activity.

These projects eliminate slum and blight conditions on the front and selected side facades of eligible buildings in core downtown areas, and address code violations for commercial structures.

The Downtown Revitalization Program operates under an open cycle, meaning that applications will be accepted year-round and will be funded, if meeting the minimum criteria of the guidelines, until funding is no longer available.

Industrial Infrastructure

This program helps communities develop public infrastructure that allows industries to locate new facilities, expand existing facilities, prevent the closing of a facility or the relocation of a facility outside the state. Grant funds may be used for public streets, water or sewer lines, engineering and other public facilities necessary to support the private sector project. A public entity must own the facilities to be funded.

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[1] Url: https://ded.mo.gov/programs/community/community-development-block-grants-economic-development

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