Neighborhoods & Communities
Strong neighborhoods are the foundation of a strong county. ECGRA supports locally led projects that renew commercial corridors, address blight, improve residential blocks and return important buildings to productive use.
This funding area supports efforts to:
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Revitalize main streets and commercial corridors
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Encourage coordinated reinvestment in residential blocks
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Preserve and adapt buildings that can anchor community activity
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Leverage local planning, private investment and community leadership
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Buildings with historical designations are not required, but are encouraged.
Explore Programs
Provides planning and implementation support for projects that revitalize historic main streets and commercial corridors throughout Erie County.
Supports coordinated exterior improvements designed to strengthen residential blocks, encourage reinvestment and help address neighborhood blight.
Supports the reuse of underutilized or vacant buildings with the potential to strengthen a neighborhood, commercial district or community. Buildings with historical designations is not required, but is encouraged.