2019 DDW Application

Downtown Development Week (DDW) is an excellent opportunity to showcase all of the positive activities and investments that are happening in your downtown!  Focus on activities that celebrate your community’s unique downtown heritage as well as acknowledging and supporting all the businesses and services that are an integral part of your downtown. 

To help with your DDW event or activity, the Office of Community and Rural Affairs will be awarding no more than 5 DDW promotion grants of $1,000 per event / activity.  The event(s) MUST take place the week of October 7 – 12, 2019, in your community’s downtown area and be open to the public.

Eligible Applicants Include:

Local units of government sponsoring an event or activity in their downtown during DDW.
Indiana Main Street organizations sponsoring an event or activity in their downtown during DDW.
Community groups or organizations sponsoring an event or activity in their downtown during DDW.

Please complete each section with adequate details as to explain your project but not be overly complicated.  If you have any questions, please reach out to your OCRA Community Liaison.

All applications must be submitted no later than 4:00 pm ET on Friday, June 21, 2019.  No late submissions will be accepted.

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* Lead Applicant Organization Name

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* Contact Name

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* Contact Email

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* Contact Phone

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* Address (City, State, Zip)

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* Amount of Grant Request (Grants will be $1,000)

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* Amount of Cash Match (must have at least a 50% cash or in-kind match)

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* Amount of Inkind Match (must have at least a 50% cash or in-kind match)

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* Total Amount of Project Cost (this number should equal the grant request and the total match amounts)

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* Upload your project budget here.  Link to find DDW budget work sheet is here.

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* Indiana Senator Name                               Details can be found here

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* Indiana Senator Email                                Details can be found here

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* Indiana Senator District Number                          Details can be found here

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* Indiana State Representative Name                    Details can be found here

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* Indiana State Representative District Number              Details can be found here

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* Indiana State Representative email                 Details can be found here

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* Please enter a brief description of your event. This description will be used in print materials and press releases.  The description should be no more than 3 sentences describing what community, how much and what the event is. Example: Main Street Fairmount will have a three-day DDW event celebrating the completion of the first phase of their Main Street Revitalization Program grant, recognizing the partnership between the town of Fairmount and Main Street Fairmount and celebrating businesses, service and veterans organizations and individuals that have supported downtown Fairmount.

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* Please provide a brief summary of your event / activity that you want to have funded using Downtown Development Week Promotion Grant funds. (Please limit to 750 words)

Include details such as:
-What is it you want to do and why?
-Who will be responsible for overseeing the event?
-How will you collaborate with other partners on the event?
-Include how you will promote the event and recruit volunteers to help?
-Where will the event / activity take place (include maps as attachments)?
-When will it happen during Downtown Development Week?
-Will it be a multi-day event?
-How will you spend the grant dollars?
-How will you recognize OCRA’s grant during the event?

The above questions should be answered, at a minimum. Be as detailed as possible. Please tell your story and explain the event / activity.

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* Upload all supporting docs (photos, renderings, maps, etc.) here. Please note, you must upload all docs as one file.

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