The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development has announced that State Revitalization Program applications for funding opened on May 19, 2022.
These programs offer funding to support local housing, community and economic development and other revitalization projects. They are part of the department’s commitment to helping the state’s local governments and nonprofit agencies achieve their community revitalization and economic development goals.
If this is your first time applying to one of the aforementioned State Revitalization Programs, contact a regional project manager for more information and to determine your eligibility.
Application training will be held via webinar on Wednesday, May 25. To register for application training and to view additional program and application information, visit https://dhcd.maryland.gov/Communities/Pages/StateRevitalizationPrograms/default.aspx
To see your jurisdiction’s Sustainable Community or Opportunity Zone boundaries, use the online revitalization mapping tool found at this website: https://portal.dhcd.state.md.us/GIS/revitalize/index.html
Projects should help achieve the strategies outlined in a local government’s Sustainable Communities plan. All Sustainable Community plans can be found at https://dhcd.maryland.gov/Communities/Pages/dn/communities.aspx
Applications will be due on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at 3 p.m.
Funding Available from Community Legacy, Strategic Demolition Fund-Baltimore City, Strategic Demolition Fund-Statewide, Baltimore Regional Neighborhood Initiative, National Capital Strategic Economic Development Fund and Seed Community Development Anchor Institution Fund