Community Assistance
Downtown CDBG Program
Communities are encouraged to contact their CATeam specialist as soon as a potential downtown project is identified to determine if the project may qualify for a downtown CDBG grant. This grant program is designed to provide communities with financial assistance to assist improvements that directly support private redevelopment projects located in traditional downtowns and in significant community gateways.
The Downtown CDBG program is available to over 1,600 local communities. The following counties and their respective local units of government are not eligible for the State of Michigan CDBG funds:
- Genesee County (with the exception of Flushing and Linden)
- Kent County (with the exception of the city of Cedar Springs)
- Macomb County
- Oakland County
- Wayne County
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The following Michigan cities are not eligible to directly apply for or receive State of Michigan CDBG funds:
- Battle Creek
- Bay City
- Benton Harbor
- East Lansing
- Holland
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- Jackson
- Kalamazoo
- Lansing
- Midland
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- Monroe
- Muskegon
- Muskegon Heights
- Niles
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Norton Shores
- Portage
- Port Huron
- Saginaw
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For further questions, please contact your CATeam specialist.