Programs & Incentives

The GCRA offers a variety of incentive programs designed to encourage neighborhood preservation, economic development and community partnerships within the district. 


Business Improvement Grant Program 

Project Manager: Daniel Blumberg
GCRAprograms@gainesvillefl.gov
(352) 393-8208

The program offers a 50% matching grant, paid as a reimbursement, for eligible improvements to commercial building exteriors. This program is offered district-wide. GCRA District Map


Community Partnership Grant Program

Project Manager: Daniel Blumberg
GCRAprograms@gainesvillefl.gov
(352) 393-8208

The Community Partnership Grant Program offers up to $5,000 in matching grant funds to assist local community organizations to enable special programming within the GCRA District.


Housing Programs 

Project Manager: Leslee Highsmith-Rogers
(352) 393-8862
GCRAprograms@gainesvillefl.gov

The GCRA developed five programs that address a variety of housing-related needs within the district. All of the City’s housing-related programs are being managed by the City of Gainesville’s Housing and Community Development Division.

2023 HUD Income Limits

Currently Available as of 7/10/2023

Neighborhood Paint Program

The program provides free exterior pressure washing and painting services to homeowners within Eligible Neighborhoods.

Applications are currently being accepted.

Since opening in April 2021, 43 homes have been painted through this pilot Program.

My Neighborhood Program 

The program offers up to $35,000 towards the purchase of a vacant developable lot or a residential home in an eligible neighborhood. New home purchases within the Fifth Avenue or Pleasant Street neighborhoods qualify for up to $50,000 of assistance. To be eligible, recipients must have lived in a program neighborhood for at least three years before 2011. The purpose of the program is to encourage strong community connections by incentivizing long-term homeownership within neighborhoods. The eligible neighborhoods are Cedar Grove II, Greater Duval, Fifth Avenue, North Lincoln Heights, Pleasant Street, Porters, Springhill, Sugarhill, and Heartwood (formerly Kennedy Homes). Map of Eligible Neighborhoods 

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