The main purposes of this program are to improve building facades that are visible to the public and to encourage merchants and commercial property owners in downtown Woburn to install attractive, quality commercial signage in accordance with the City of Woburn’s Sign Ordinance.
The program provides funding to property owners and business tenants seeking to renovate their building facades/storefronts or signs. The program is administered by the Woburn Redevelopment Authority (WRA) and funded by the Woburn Development and Financial Corporation. The success of the sign program has prompted the WRA to expand the reach of the program to once again include facades. Over a four-year period, the WRA distributed over $87,000 in grant monies to nearly three dozen business and property owners for sign renovations and replacements. The WRA then funded a grant program targeting improvement of storefront signage. As part of the initial implementation stages of the plan, the WRA, using its own funds, successfully completed a pilot Storefront Improvement Program which renovated four deteriorating downtown facades, including 383, 385, 389-393 and 406 Main Street.
One of the more important activities proposed by the Woburn Square Revitalization Plan was the provision of technical and financial assistance to commercial property owners for the renovation of existing, deteriorating facades.
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