Fargo may draw from $80,000 set aside for an elevator project to boost the amount of money available for downtown building owners who want to spruce up their storefronts.
The Community Development Committee on Thursday recommended that nine building projects receive grants of up to $15,000 each.
Their grant applications total $122,300, more than the $75,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds set aside for the storefront rehab program this year.
But Fargo Senior Planner Dan Mahli said the city allocated $80,000 in 2006 for a project to fix the elevator at the U.S. Bank ramp in downtown Fargo.
That work has not yet materialized, and Mahli suggested drawing from the funds to supplement the storefront rehab program.
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