Downtown South Bend enterprises to undergo renovations thanks to grants

Downtown South Bend enterprises to undergo renovations thanks to grants

Owners of The General Deli and Cafe along Jefferson Avenue in South Bend will update its façade by adding slide-able doors and new awnings.

More than the upcoming handful of months, citizens will discover quite a few enterprises in downtown South Bend undergoing some exterior modifications. 

Fourteen businesses throughout downtown and into the East Lender neighborhood were being awarded up to $20,000 each and every for tasks to enrich the business’ exteriors.

With this year’s grant theme of “exterior activation,” Downtown South Bend Inc. and the Town of South Bend gave a total of $236,000 to the participants.

In accordance to town spokesman Caleb Bauer, the city’s contribution of about $186,000 was reallocated from the innovation grant announced in January, wherever of the 200 businesses in South Bend that capable for the up to $2,000 grant, only 138 participated, which left some revenue leftover. 

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