Building Refresh Incentive

Overview of the Building Refresh Incentive program:

This incentive program is designed to support small maintenance and improvement projects. It is offered in the form of a grant covering 50% of total project costs, up to a maximum of $2,500. Applications for the Building Refresh Incentive will be reviewed by the Program Coordinator on a continuous basis until all annual funding has been allocated for the year. Eligible project work may include improvements such as signage updates, façade painting, window and door repairs, cladding repairs, cleaning, awning repairs, and repairs to entrance steps or landings. Additional eligible activities include power washing, installation of bike racks and benches, installation of planters, pedestrian animation installations such as murals or painting of ghost signs, and the replacement of damaged or deteriorated materials that are impractical to save.

Benefits of the Building Refresh Incentive program:

• It is offered in the form of a grant covering 50% of total project costs, up to a maximum of $2,500.

Eligibility criteria of the Building Refresh Incentive program:

• The following general conditions must be met for a project to be eligible:
• Projects involve the conservation, rejuvenation, or improvement of the
• Facade; or,
• Include design features that have a benefit to the public realm of a commercial building.
• Only the storefront facade will be eligible for funding. The storefront is on the frontage of a building that is delineated by features to indicate a separate or distinctive frontage and typically contains an entrance;
• Properties that are in tax arrears or under an Order to Remedy with the
• City of Saskatoon are not eligible; and,
• Projects on buildings without heritage elements which are only maintenance are only eligible for funding under the Building Refresh Incentive. Exceptions to this provision may be granted at the discretion of the General Manager, Community Services Division.
• This incentive is to support small maintenance
• And improvement projects.
• Project work may include:
• Signage;
• Facade paint;
• Window and door repairs;
• Cladding repairs;
• Cleaning;
• Awning repairs;
• Repairs to entrance steps/landing;
• Power washing;
• Installation of bike racks and benches;
• Installation of planters;
• Pedestrian animation installations
• (murals/painting of ghost signs);
• Replacement of damaged or deteriorated
• Materials that are impractical to save.