What's up Downtown Whitehall - Welcome!
In order to keep people informed and up to date on happenings in downtown Whitehall, the Blueprint Implementation Promotions committee is undertaking a monthly email newsletter, like the one you are currently reading. The goal is to keep the community aware of positive happenings downtown Whitehall, as well as of events taking place in the downtown area. If you are aware of a development, or an event, that would be worth highlighting in a story in this space, please let us know and we will arrange a "Q&A" style interview with the newsmaker. For this edition, instead of a newsmaker story, we are making downtown Whitehall stakeholders aware of three educational meetings coming up. The first is a web marketing seminar, customized to help Downtown Whitehall businesses improve their web presences. The seminar will be held Wednesday February 6 at 8:00 a.m. at Whitehall City Hall. If you are intersted in attending please RSVP to Monica Holmes at (231) 724-3171 by February 5. Refreshments will be provided.
Second, Tuesday February 26 there will be a Downtown Building Rehabilitation Assistance Open House, also at Whitehall City Hall, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. Representatives from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA), along with City Staff and Muskegon Area First will be on hand to educate attendees about available grants for downtown building rehabilitation and design assistance.
MHSDA will share information about the Community Block Development Grant (CBDG), that qualifies upper-floor restoration for residential uses along with façade rehabilitation expenditures as eligible for grant funding. Hooker DeJong will share the scope of their downtown design project that they were recently awarded by the city’s Tax Increment Financing Authority (TIFA).
City Staff and Muskegon Area First will assist property owners with questions about the TIFA Façade Grant Program. Pizza and Pop will be available for attendees. Please contact Rich Houtteman, at 724.3181 for more information.
Finally, as we are in the process of attempting to reach more people with this newsletter please forward this email to friends and encourage them to subscribe by completing the form on the website.
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