Aim
- To improve the general appearance of the retail centre
- To improve the appearance of heritage buildings in the retail centre.
Proposed actions
A one-off grant for South Dunedin building owners for materials, equipment hire and labour for cleaning and painting facades, and towards veranda maintenance work for facades that face onto King Edward Street.
Status
Implementation of the Facades Grant scheme is almost complete. Of the 15 grant recipients, one building is yet to commence painting. A total of $82,467 was committed through the grant, covering a total of 30 separate business facades. The immediate outcome of the initiative is a cleaner, tidier looking street with freshly painted facades on several blocks along King Edward Street. The initiative also helped build partnerships between building owners and DCC staff.
There was a good uptake of the grant, with some of the sixteen applications covering multiple premises.
Involved
- DCC City Development
- Building owners
- Hirepool who provided discounted equipment hire for successful applicants
- Resene Paints Ltd who provided discounted paint purchase for successful applicants