2026 Downtown Revitalization Program

2026 Downtown Revitalization Program is sponsored by Texas Department of Agriculture. Grants for revitalizing downtown areas, enhancing built environments through construction, community development, and economic improvements. This program should be reviewed carefully against your organization's mission, staffing capacity, timeline, and compliance readiness before you commit resources to a full application. Strong submissions usually translate sponsor priorities into concrete objectives, clear implementation milestones, and measurable public benefit.

For planning purposes, treat rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows as your working submission target unless the sponsor publishes an updated notice. A competitive project plan should include a documented need statement, implementation approach, evaluation framework, risk controls, and a realistic budget narrative. Even when a grant allows broad program design, reviewers still expect credible evidence that the proposed work can be executed within the grant period and with appropriate accountability.

Current published award information indicates Varies Organizations should verify the final funding range, matching requirements, and allowability rules directly in the official opportunity materials before preparing a budget. Finance and program teams should align early so direct costs, indirect costs, staffing assumptions, procurement timelines, and reporting obligations all remain consistent throughout drafting and post-award administration.

Eligibility guidance for this opportunity is: Texas nonprofits, local governments for community development If your organization has partnerships, subrecipients, or collaborators, define responsibilities and compliance ownership before submission. Reviewers often look for implementation credibility, so letters of commitment, prior performance evidence, and a clear governance model can materially strengthen the application narrative and reduce concerns about delivery risk.

A practical approach is to begin with a focused readiness review, then build a workback schedule from the sponsor deadline. Confirm required attachments, registration dependencies, and internal approval checkpoints early. This reduces last-minute issues and improves submission quality. For the most accurate requirements, always rely on the official notice and primary source links associated with 2026 Downtown Revitalization Program.

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DRP: D owntown R evitalization P rogram CDM: C ommunity Development, D owntown Revitalization, M ain Street Eligible Downtown Revitalization Applicants Eligible applicants must be an incorporated municipality and not be designated as an official Texas Historical Commission (THC) Main Street City. To determine eligibility of a particular city, contact TDA.

The city is responsible for the administration and success of the project throughout the term of the contract. All proposed infrastructure improvements to be funded by the TxCDBG Program must be located on public property within the designated downtown district.

The Downtown District must be designed to promote pedestrian-centered economic activity and be supported by local documentation, such as a zoning map or local district designation.

A Downtown District does not include single-family dwellings, and can typically be described as either: • The city’s historic area of commerce or economic center of the community; or • The area around the courthouse or city square, if the improvements will primarily serve non-governmental buildings.

Eligible Main Street Applicants Eligible applicants must be an incorporated municipality with a designation as an official THC Main Street City prior to applying to TxCDBG and must remain a participating city for the duration of the award/contract. To determine eligibility of a particular city, contact TDA.

All proposed infrastructure improvements to be funded by the TxCDBG Program must be located on public property within the designated Main Street area. For more information about the Downtown Revitalization / Main Street Programs, email Molly Ryan at Molly. Ryan@TexasAgriculture.

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Community Application (Phase 1) Deadline: April 3, 2026 2026 CDM Community Application Guide Project Application (Phase 2) Deadline: August 14, 2026 Previous Application Cycle (2025) Reference Material: 2025 CDM Project Application Guide (revised 5/20/25) Appendix C (CDM) - Coming soon Engineer's Certification Form Beneficiary Documentation 2025 Downtown Revitalization Final Scores 2024 Downtown Revitalization Final Scores Some browsers do not correctly display or open PDF files.

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