Beltline seeks quotes for façade improvement

At the end of 2020, Atlanta Beltline, Inc. selected four businesses to receive grants for façade improvements through their Business Façade partnership Grant. ABI is now seeking quotes from the artist and maker community to pair with one of the businesses to create an artistic façade.

Launched in 2019, the program invites businesses to apply for capital improvements to the façade of their business site to be designed and executed by a local artist or maker professional. The program is designed to catalyze revitalization of commercial districts within the Beltline Tax Allocation District while showcasing a business’ proximity to the Atlanta Beltline and attracting new tenants, investment, and customers to the district.

The selected businesses for the 2020-2021 program include:

■ Afterglow Makeup Studio at 818 Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard

■ Pegleg Studio / eyedrum / Moisture Love at 515 Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard

■ Createatl / Beam Imagination at 900 Murphy Avenue

■ Carver Market / Community Grounds at 1297 Jonesboro Road

Each business will outline their vision and goals for their façades. Artist partners are encouraged to submit quotes for multiple business project sites, but they will only be selected for one project site.

Quotes can showcase the business’ proximity to the Beltline by providing a new Beltline-facing façade, implementing a COVID-RElated adaptation to the storefront, or other façade improvement. Project quotes will be reviewed by subject-matter experts from ABI with input from the business partner.

The application period is open through 5 p.m. Feb. 8. Guidelines and forms can be downloaded at www.beltline.org/facadegrant. Grants could be up to $40,000. Anticipated timeline:

■ This month: artist scopes created and posted

■ Thursday: artist partner info event

■ February: artist partner selection process and agreements executed

■ March: final design concepts completed and permitting begins

■ April/may: finish permitting, project sites go into construction

■ June: project sites complete