Heritage Maintenance Grants

Amount:

$750

Type of Program:

Grants

Description:

The Heritage Conservation Grants Program incentivizes owners to maintain their properties in accordance of the Saint John Heritage Conservation Areas By-law.
The Heritage Maintenance Grants are available to properties without a Conservation Plan in place and are also available to tenants for storefront signage.

Comments on Funding:

Funding will take the form of a grant of 25% up to a maximum of $750 per year.

When It Ends:

Ongoing

Deadline:

Rolling deadline

Eligibility:

The applicant:

must own a property that is a non-government owned designated heritage property located within one of the designated Saint John Conservation Heritage Areas and is covered by insurance;
must be in good standing with the City of Saint John and shall not have unpaid property taxes;
must not have any outstanding property-related by-law violations and/or building permit violations:
can be a tenant, if applying for storefront signage.

Application Steps:

obtain a Certificate of Appropriateness (Heritage Permit) and building permit (if required);

complete and submit the application form.

Documentation Needed:

Applicants must submit:

1
recent photographs of all sides of the building and detailed photographs of area related to proposed work;
2
written project cost estimate;
3
a completed application form;
4
the Grant Summary Form once the project work related to the grant application is complete in order to receive grant funding.