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Our local Ironwood Daily Globe reports that the city will receive a $130,718 grant for phase two of the facade improvement project on Feb. 14th. The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development through MHSDA issues this grant.
The grant money was applied for by the city commission for downtown storefront improvements for nine businesses. Phase one of the project has seen two projects completed from five that were approved. The grant money must be matched by the participating business. All projects require two bids, so it’s been slowing the approval process down.
Once the projects are all completed, the appearance and marketability of downtown Ironwood should be greatly improved. While the real estate business is all about location, location, location we need to couple that with desirable appearance. Not only are there many businesses downtown, but many of those businesses include 2nd story apartments. Improving outside appearances might make downtown a more attractive place to live.
Revitalizing the downtown neighborhood is important to our community. We have new businesses moving into town and hope to attract more in the future. Ironwood’s downtown is full of many unique and historical old buildings; a little facelift is all some of them need to perhaps bring a new business into the downtown streets.
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