(Atlantic) The Atlantic City Council approved an order to support a CDBG Façade Grant application for 200-210 Chestnut Street.
The owners, K & C Steffens, LLC, are working with the Southwest Iowa Planning Council on an application to the Iowa Economic Development Authority for the Community Development Block Grant COVID Recovery program. Alexsis Fleener, Community Development Director with SWIPCO, says the application is for one building owner from 200-210. She says this is a large corner building with two entrances; the middle building is set up for three addresses, and 210 has two separate locations.
Fleener says this will primarily be a façade improvement project. The proposed plan will bring the buildings to good condition by repairing or replacing elements of the fronts of the buildings, which could include brick repointing, windows, doors, painting, awnings, and storefront work. Fleener says the cost is around $100,000 per facade, so SWIPCO is going after a $900,000 grant, with a project cost of over one million dollars, and the building owners, Keith and Cindy Steffens, will provide the balance of the funds for this project. Fleener says the project will benefit the entire Atlantic community, particularly the downtown.
Fleener says the construction will take approximately ten months to complete and must be closed out by June 2023. No one will be re-located, and the project falls in line with the community housing needs assessment.
The application is due by April 30.
The City of Atlantic is not financially involved in the project.
