Facade Improvement Grants
The City of Sandy Façade Improvement Program is a matching grant program funded by the Sandy Urban Renewal Agency, and was approved by the Urban Renewal Board in May 2009. This program sets aside a portion of the City's urban renewal funds to assist building owners with upgrades to their buildings designed to incorporate Sandy Style elements to buildings. Specific details regarding these Cascadian building design standards can be found in the Sandy Development Code, Chapter 17.90.
The City is currently not accepting new applications, while grant programs are being reevaluated.
Program funds may be used for existing exterior façade improvements on any commercial buildings within the urban renewal zone in Sandy. For the purposes of this program, “façade” includes the exterior of any street facing building wall, but does not include the following elements: building interior, roofing, structural improvements, signage or other site improvements as listed in the program guidelines below.
The list of grant projects since 2009 includes the following buildings:
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Ace Hardware |
Joe's Donuts | Sandy Decor |
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AEC Building |
La Bamba Mexican Restaurant | Sandy Family Restaurant |
| AntFarm Cafe & Bakery | Le Happy Creperie & Bar | Sandy Fire #72 |
| Barlow Trail Vet Clinic | Mattress World | Sandy Liquor |
| Berkshire Hathaway | Mountain Moka | Sandy Lumberyard Building |
| Brady's Brats & Burgers | Muff Building (Sandy Tire) | Scooter's Sports Bar & Restaurant |
| Bull Run Chiropractic | Next Adventure Sandy | Sparks Building (Mad Dogz Hobbies, Boring Brewing) |
| Chariteas | Pride & Groom | Tee Building (Sandy Smoke Shop) |
| Cool Printing Building | Red Shed Public House | Thai Home |
| Double Dragon Chinese Restaurant | Sah Building (Stephanie's, Sandy Vision) | Timberline Meats |
| Dutch Brothers | Sandy Bicycle Building | Turra Building (Bigfoot Growlers) |
| Elite Car Audio | Sandy Chainsaw | Windermere Building |
| Fun Time RV | Sandy Community Action Center | Wolfpack Theater |
The Facade Improvement Program is a comprehensive approach to rehabilitating many buildings at once, and has made an enormous impact on the aesthetic appearance of our city over the past decade...so much so that the program was awarded the '2011 Outstanding Achievement in Design' award by Oregon Main Street.
