Canonical program record
Mount Prospect Facade Improvement and Interior Build Out Grant
The Village currently advertises a matching grant for eligible retail and restaurant property improvements, but current funds and procedure have not been confirmed.
What this mechanism does
- Mechanism type
- Grant
- Economic effect
- Lower the project cost
- Administrator
- Village of Mount Prospect
- Amount or value
- Posted as a 50% match, normally up to $10,000; confirm the current amount and appropriation.
- Cash-flow timing
- Reimbursement timing is not established by a verified current application; confirm before relying on it.
- Upfront cash
- Required
- Repayment
- Not a repayable mechanism
- Program lifecycle
- Advertised / confirm
- Visitor treatment
- Confirm this condition first
Advertised availability must be confirmed before relying on this program.
Important dates and consequences
Village Board approval must occur before work begins
Date or rangeBefore signing work or beginning construction
Work begun before formal Village Board approval is ineligible under the posted form; confirm the current sequence with the Village.
Date last verified
Reconfirm Village funds and procedure by September 27, 2026
Date or range2026-09-27
Until the Village confirms a current appropriation, application, and sequence, keep this program in confirm-first treatment and do not show an Apply action.
Date last verified
Project fit and limits
Eligibility conditions to confirm
- The premises must be an eligible sales-tax-generating retail or restaurant use in a Mount Prospect shopping district.
- A tenant must obtain written property-owner consent for permanent improvements.
- The posted 2018 form requires a $1,000 minimum project; confirm that the minimum remains current.
- Village Board approval must occur before work begins.
Eligible costs described by the authority
- Facade renovation, lighting, windows and doors, signs or awnings, parking, and eligible landscaping
- Mechanical, life-safety, and permanent interior-reconfiguration work described in the posted 2018 form
- Limited project-related architecture and engineering described in the posted 2018 form
Ineligible or excluded costs
- Payroll, rent, utilities, taxes, refuse management, and other operating costs
- Production equipment
- Work completed before formal Village Board approval
Friction to plan for
- Current promotion links to a January 2018 application and does not publish a current appropriation or application window.
- The posted process includes a pre-application meeting, staff review, and Village Board action.
- The posted 2018 form states one award per five years; confirm how the Village applies that rule now.
- The posted form requires project, owner, tax, and sales information.
Stackability evidence
Unknown — ask
Scope: Electric-efficiency work included in a broader storefront or build-out project.
No authoritative source confirms outside utility incentives can be combined with the advertised Village grant.
- Confirm current Village funding first.
- Obtain written cost-allocation and preapproval guidance from both administrators.
May the same project use both programs if no cost is reimbursed twice, and which approval must occur first?
Rule last verified