Neighborhood STAR Program
Program Overview
Contact
Michele Swanson
Bob Hammer
25 W. 4th Street Suite 1400
Saint Paul,
MN
55102
Ph: (651) 266-STAR
Fx: (651) 266-6549
Hours
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Monday - Friday
- The Neighborhood STAR Program awards loans and grants for capital improvement projects in Saint Paul Neighborhoods, and is funded with 50 percent of the sales tax proceeds.
- Of that 50 percent, program allocation goals are sixty for loans and forty percent for grants.
- Funds are awarded annually through one or more competitive application processes.
- When funding is available, the STAR Year 'Round Loan and Grant Program provides access to initiatives which have a particular urgency, and cannot meet the general program cycle.
- Proposals must be neighborhood-based projects designed with neighborhood representation to strengthen Saint Paul neighborhoods and address perceived and actual problems, needs and opportunities.
- Proposals can be a project or program that results in capital improvements in Saint Paul. Innovative proposals are encouraged, and these proposals may be generated by neighborhood and civic leaders, organizations, and businesses.
Key features of the Neighborhood STAR Program include, but are not limited to:
- STAR funds must be matched on a 1:1 basis with eligible resources.
- Eligible activities include any physical components of strategies, programs, and / or projects which strengthen and/or improve the neighborhoods of Saint Paul.
- Capital improvements must have an expected life of seven years. Examples of eligible activities include: Improvements of residential, commercial and industrial property, Economic development efforts; Minor public improvements.
- Eligible applicants include any public, private, or non-profit entity located in or doing business in Saint Paul.
- Funding recommendations are made to the Mayor and City Council by the 21-member STAR Board, which is appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council.
Board Member List
Jeremiah Ellis Ward 1
Brooke Hanson Ward 1
Robin Hickman Ward 1
Hokan Miller Ward 2
Mary McLean Ward 2
Elizabeth Wefel Ward 2
Michael DeCourcy, Jr. Ward 3
John Reich Ward 3
Triesta Brown Ward 4
Deborah Heath Ward 4
Jon Schumacher Ward 4
Kerry Antrim Ward 5
Anne Tiller Ward 5
Peter Moore Ward 5
Marjorie Ebensteiner Ward 6
Rachel Gillespie Ward 6
Raymond Hess Ward 6
Randy Asunma Ward 7
Alex Bajwa Ward 7
Tara Erickson Ward 7
Program Guidelines and Application Form
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