Genoa Main Street offers façade grants

GENOA - Businesses and building owners in Genoa's Main Street district can get a helping hand if they want to improve their building façades. &#8220Grants will be awarded this year and will match 50 percent of eligible costs up to $1,000,” said Pattie Marx, president of Genoa Main Street Inc. The grants are being underwritten by Briody Enterprises of Genoa. &#8220These grants help Genoa Main Street Inc. carry out its mission of historic preservation,” Marx said. &#8220This program, first introduced in 2004, provides matching funds to promote the continued revitalization of commercial buildings in the downtown business district by restoring architectural design details and characteristics of building façades of historical significance and