2016 Shop Front Grant Scheme open for applications

11/02/2016

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2016 Shop Front Grant Scheme open for applications

Independent retail businesses in South Dublin County can now get a helping hand from the County Council if they want to improve their shop fronts.

South Dublin County Council is providing the operators of independently owned shops fronting public streets the opportunity to apply for funding of up to 50 per cent of a project’s costs through the Shop Front Grant Scheme, with a maximum grant of €8,500 being available, subject to the application meeting the Scheme’s criteria. Grants cover simple measures like painting a shopfront to replacement of an entire shopfront.

“This funding is being provided in recognition of the fact that a building’s facade makes a big impact on our villages and towns”, said Daniel McLoughlin, Chief Executive of South Dublin County Council. “We want the public streets of our County to have a positive image and become an attractive environment for shoppers and visitors, and the 2016 Shop Front Grant Scheme is a practical measure to assist this. The scheme assists local retailers who wish to take measures to improve the public face of their business – the shop front.”

To reward high quality shop front design the Council will again select the shop front deemed the best exemplar of shop front design under the scheme and an award of a further €1,000 will be made to the winning design when all grant works are completed later this year.

Further details of the scheme, including terms and conditions, a design guide and an application form is available from the Council’s website at http://www.sdcc.ie/business/enterprise/business-support/shop-front-grant or by e-mailing econdev@sdublincoco.ie.
You can also apply online.
The closing date for receipt of application is March 31st 2016.

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