Cuming County: CCED Resources – Cuming County Economic Development – Demolition grants for Commercial and Residential properties.

• Burwell, City: Contact Burwell Economic Development: 308-346-5210 cityofburwell.com/local-housing
• Demolition Grant: To encourage the removal of dilapidated or sub-standard residential home structures located in the impact area (City of Burwell), and to replace with new residential homes. The grants are intended to support needed housing development and enhance overall community attractiveness, and to increase housing stock to support area business staffing requirements. Private residential property owners with a property in the impact area may request grant funds up to $5,000 per project with a 50% required cash match, and approvals are determined on a project-by-project basis.
• In-Fill Housing Grant: Burwell Economic Development has developed the Residential In-Fill & Owner Occupied Housing Grant Program to encourage the new construction of single family residential home structures located in the existing corporate limits of the City of Burwell. The grants are intended to support needed housing development and enhance overall community attractiveness, and to increase housing stock to support area business staffing requirements. Private residential property owners who intend to build a newly constructed, single family, applicant (owner) occupied, housing unit may request grant funds up to $10,000, to be paid in 2- $5,000 increments. The first will be released upon completion of footings and inspection by city building inspector, the second will be released after final inspection of electrical inspector and 6 months of applicant (owner) occupancy in the property.
  • Residential Rehab Housing Grant – Private citizens or qualified businesses who intend to rehab a dilapidated housing unit may request grant funds up to $10,000, to be paid in 1- $10,000 increment and will be released as a documented spend of $20,000 towards rehab improvements listed below have been completed.  The property will need to be documented as workforce rental or a sale for workforce occupied purposes, and rehabilitation projects must be completed within 12 months of grant approval.

• Sidewalk – Curb & Gutter Replacement | Fairbury, NE

  This program was developed in 2016 and is funded with the 1/2 cent sales tax infrastructure funds in an effort to assist with sidewalk and curb & gutter infrastructure repair.

  Fairbury’s procedure has been to replace sidewalks and curb & gutters if the city is doing a large sidewalk or street project, we do not budget for individual sidewalk repairs however, legally by ordinance the property owner is responsible to maintain existing sidewalks adjacent to their properties.

  When this program was developed, it was with the understanding that concrete repair can be cost prohibitive for some residents and if we could assist with the project it would help the residents to maintain the sidewalks while also saving the city mobilization and administration cost and time for small repairs.

  Attached are the program regulations and application, sidewalks are covered up to 50% of the total project cost and curb and gutters are covered at a rate of $35 per linear foot for 30” and $38 per linear foot for 36” curb and gutters.