Façade Rebate Program
The City of Indianapolis and Local Initiatives Support Corporation's Commercial Façade Rebate Program provides funds for business and property owners who engage in visible improvements to the front of their property. This is a rebate program where business and property owners receive reimbursement for up to 50% of the cost of the project, in amounts ranging from $1,000 to $20,000 for completed work.

For more information, download the 2012 Facade Program Application.  (Versión Española) The deadline for Round 1 was January 27, 2012.  Additional applications for 2012 are no longer being accepted.  Information about the 2013 program will be available this fall. 
 

Neighborhood Brownfield Initiative
A partnership between the City of Indianapolis and Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), the Neighborhood Brownfield Initiative provides funds for brownfields redevelopment. The program provides grants of up to $10,000 to non-profit organizations to assist with redeveloping brownfield sites into usable properties for business, residences or other community uses.

Brownfields are abandoned or underused properties where redevelopment is complicated by either real or perceived contamination. Brownfields are often former plants, factories, gas stations or other industrial sites.

For more information, visit the City of Indianapolis' Brownfield Redevelopment Web Site.

LISC Seed Funds
LISC offers assistance to community-based organizations through flexible financing, training and technical assistance for predevelopment and construction activities at commercial, industrial, and community facilities.

Click here for more information about LISC Financing Tools for Real Estate Development.