The state Legislature has awarded $20,000 in beautification grantfunding to the West Virginia State University Extension Service'sWest Side Main Street program.
West Side Main Street will use the funding to spur businessowners along and near Washington Street to improve the exteriors oftheir buildings by reimbursing them up to 50 percent of renovationcosts.
Eligible activities include painting, signage, landscaping,repointing of masonry and brick and replacement of windows anddoors.
"This is our second facade grant," Pat McGill, director of WestSide Main Street, said in a prepared statement. "So far, we have hadsix facade renovations that are improving the look of the West Sidebusiness district."
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