Deadline: 19-Aug-24
The City of Greater Geelong is inviting applications to help conserve heritage buildings within the Greater Geelong region that contribute to the visual character of the city’s streetscapes and public space, and enhancing community amenity.
Objectives
- The objectives of these grants are as follows:
- to enhance the appearance and grandeur of heritage buildings through appropriate restoration and reconstruction of exterior heritage features to a significant period of the building’s history
- to enhance the visual quality of the city’s streetscapes and public spaces
- to support property owners in delivering conservation work beyond routine maintenance
- to encourage heritage restoration projects that have been identified through heritage studies, or other investigations, as beneficial to the city’s streetscapes and public space
- to celebrate and raise awareness and appreciation for the heritage.
Priorities
- The funding priorities are as follows:
- major conservation works or repairs to key facades or street frontages of buildings
- removal of street front additions or alterations that are unsympathetic to the historical character or style of the building
- reinstatement of street front heritage features that have been altered or removed over time, including verandahs and balconies, parapet details, shopfronts, windows and entranceways, historic signage and so on
- heritage tourism works that will increase visitation and provide indirect benefits to the local community.
Grant Category
- Geelong Heritage:
- There is a total grant pool of $100,000 available.
- Building or streetscape projects that are visible to the public and focus on presentation to a street or public space that have an identified historic value
- Grant amount: Up to 70% of eligible project costs (to a maximum of $40,000)
Eligibility Criteria
- Owners or authorised land managers of eligible properties
- User groups of eligible properties who have the support of the owner or authorised land manager, including:
- Not-for-profit, incorporated bodies, co-operatives or associations
- Registered charitable organisations – refer to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission
- Unincorporated bodies with an auspice
Ineligible
- Owners or other persons who have undertaken works on the property without an appropriate permit or approval within the last 10 years.
- Applicants that have received funding from this grant program in the current financial year (applies only when a second grant round is offered by the City)
- Applicants with outstanding acquittals for grant funding from the City – including auspices
- Applicants with outstanding debts or arrears to the City of Greater Geelong or in legal proceedings with the City
- Organisations involved in legal proceedings related to winding up its operations, and individuals/organisations experiencing insolvency or bankruptcy (this includes any legal bankruptcy-related actions against the organisation’s directors or officers)
For more information, visit City of Greater Geelong.