Commerce awards $1.5M in grant funding to 10 Main Street communities
Funding to regenerate Main Street businesses and downtowns
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The City of Ronan will receive $100,000 through Montana’s Main Street Program in support of the Spring Creek Kitchen Project.
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News from the MT Dept. of Commerce
HELENA — The Montana Department of Commerce announced today that ten Montana communities will share $1.5 million in grant funding to regenerate Main Street businesses and downtown locations. The funding is provided by Commerce’s Montana Main Street Program.
“Main Street grants help Montana communities strengthen and preserve their historic downtown commercial districts through economic development, revitalization and historic preservation by leveraging long-range planning, organization, design and promotion,” said Paul Green, director of the Montana Department of Commerce.
The Montana Main Street Program works with local partners to identify and plan for a community’s greatest developmental needs and provides seed money to help implement high-impact projects.
Communities that will receive MMS grant funding:
The City of Ronan will receive $100,000 of MMS grant funding in support of the Spring Creek Kitchen Project adaptive reuse and mixed-use project.
In 2023, the City/County of Butte-Silver Bow received $100,000 of MMS grant funding to create a wayfinding plan and to install preformed thermoplastic crosswalk and streetscape surfaces in uptown Butte.
“Thanks to the Montana Main Street Program’s funding and support, we have been able to put plans into action and make plans for more action in the future.”
Currently, there are 38 Montana Main Street communities. Eligible applicants for MMS grants include Montana Main Street communities who currently do not have an active grant. The funding for the program comes from Montana Senate Bill 540.
For more information about the Montana Main Street Program, visit: commerce.mt.gov.
