Program Lookup

Overview:

• Provides funding for communities impacted by the DR-4317 disasters, primarily in southern Missouri, to improve resiliency to future disaster events.  
• Applications are periodically accepted through a competitive process.

The Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) awarded grants to Missouri communities to assist in the acquisition, rehabilitation, and resale of foreclosed homes to income qualifying persons/families.  Resale was limited to persons/families of low, moderate and middle income (LMMI) status.

This category provides funding for communities to make improvements to drinking water and wastewater systems, in partnership with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the US Department of Agriculture, Rural Development. Proposals can be obtained from the main funding partner at the time a gap in financing is identified.

The Community Revitalization Grant Program will make significant investments in communities of all sizes throughout Missouri. Through competitive grants, the Program will help support major local priorities in order to spur economic recovery today while helping communities build stronger economies for the future.

The purpose of the program is to incentivize the location and expansion of data centers in the State of Missouri by providing an exemption, for a period of time, of the sales and use taxes associated with a variety of activities necessary to build a new facility or expand an existing facility.

• To develop the transportation infrastructure of the region for the purpose of facilitating economic development in the region;
• To assist the region in obtaining the job training, employment-related education, and business development (with an emphasis on entrepreneurship) that are needed to build and maintain strong local economies;
• To provide assistance to severely distres

Improve the cultural heartbeat of your community by redeveloping your downtown. Re-polish those blighted Main Streets and Broadways that help define your town and reinvigorate tourism.  

On July 2, 2020, Governor Michael Parson announced the Rapid Broadband Deployment Initiative to accelerate connectivity and improve resiliency for Missourians affected by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Enhanced Enterprise Zones (EEZ) may be created by communities to encourage job creation in a blighted area.

The Entertainment Industry Grant Program is intended to further the statewide recovery of the entertainment industry from the negative economic impact of COVID-19. This grant program will help existing entertainment venues that plan to expand, upgrade, or improve operations.