Applications being taken for grants from Paducah's Southside Incentive Program

The application period is now open for the City of Paducah's Southside Incentive Program. 

The Southside Incentive Program is made up of four grant programs for residents and businesses to make improvements to their property. For a business with less than 50 employees grants for facade beautification and roof stabilization are available. The residential part of the program will begin in the Uppertown and Walter Jetton areas. For those residents,  microgrants for small projects, as well as larger grants for significant repair and construction projects have been designed to help beautify and stabilize those neighborhoods.

Director of Planning Nic Hutchison said, “This incentive program looks to enhance the Southside from two perspectives, commercial and residential. Similar to the downtown business incentive programs, we know that businesses appreciate assistance in stabilizing their roofs and in beautifying their facades. I encourage all small businesses in the Southside to review the applications and submit by the August 25 deadline.”

Applications for residential grants do not have a deadline and are available anytime. 

Hutchison said, "By focusing on a smaller area than the entire Southside for this first phase, I expect that we and the neighbors will be able to more quickly see results. My hope is that within a year or so, they will be able to walk their neighborhood and point out several homes that received incentive funding.”

Paducah Mayor George Bray said, "Our hope is that we receive numerous applications and exhaust our budgeted funds. This will validate the need and acceptance of this program for our Southside neighbors and will provide the platform for the City Commission to determine additional funding.”

The city budgeted more than $100,000 for the incentive program in the new fiscal year.

On the evening of July 27th, Paducah Planning Department staff will join elected official by distributing information in the Uppertown and Walter Jetton neighborhoods. Some 350 postcards will be mailed out, as well. 

For more details click here, or call the Planning Department at 270-444-8690.