Rural Revive and Reside Grant

Utah Main Street is providing funding for historic buildings in rural downtowns throughout Utah. This is a competitive grant program with funding from the National Park Service (NPS). If you own a historic building in a rural Tier 2 Utah Main Street community, the Rural Revive & Reside grant program can help you revitalize the interior of your property and create new opportunities for housing and business. This grant focuses on rehabilitating interior ground floor spaces for commercial uses, and interior upper floors for housing.

Applications for Round 2 of the RURAL Revive & Reside Grant are open from July 16, 2025 - August 15, 2025.

All funding for Urban Tier 2 UMS Communities was awarded during Round 1 of this grant program in FY25 (Feb 2025 - May 2025). No additional funding is currently available for Urban.

Before You Apply

First, read the entire Application Packet. This document includes detailed information about the grant program, policies, and guidelines as well as an example of the application form, an example budget, example grant scoresheet, grant cycle timeline information, and an example of the preservation agreement.

Second, if you don't already have a Unique Entity ID (UEI), you will need to start the process to acquire one right away, as it can take some time to receive one after you have gone through the process. A UEI is required to apply. You can review our detailed instructions on the process below.

Application Packet

Budget Template

UEI/SAM.gov Instructions

Frequently Asked Questions

Property owners of historic, commercially zoned properties located within rural Tier 2 Utah Main Street communities designated program districts. They are: Brigham City, Cedar City, Heber, Helper, Mt. Pleasant, Payson, Price, Tooele City, and Vernal.
Tenants of such buildings, or local main street directors, can apply on behalf of above mentioned properties. They will be required to provide additional documentation. Review the Application Packet for more details.

This grant will fund interior projects whose intended use for the spaces, once rehabilitated, is upper floor housing and/or ground floor commercial spaces. Examples of eligible uses of these funds include (but are not limited to) the following interior work:

Improvements exposing, restoring, or replicating historic interior architectural features
Installing or repairing a fire suppression system
Accessibility updates such as installing stair railings, elevators, grab bars, or other code-required features
Electrical or plumbing updates
Energy efficiency updates
Paint, millwork, or flooring rehabilitation or updates
Repair of restorable wood windows and doors

Proposed work to the interior of the building must comply with The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation and will be reviewed by both NPS and the Utah State Historic Preservation Office to ensure compliance.

Examples of ineligible uses of these funds include (but are not limited to):

Exterior repairs or façade updates
New building construction
Re-creation of historic properties that no longer exist
Long-term maintenance beyond the grant period
Properties that are zoned residential and properties housing home-based businesses within the Main Street district
Furniture, fixtures, and equipment
Electronic security systems
Work that took place prior to the grant project period

The funding range for this project is $25,000 - $50,000. If you request less than $25,000, your project will be considered ineligible and the application will not be reviewed.

The amount of grant funding requested will factor into the application’s overall score (see the sample Subgrant Scoresheet in Appendix D for details).

UMS retains the right to award less funding than the amount requested in the application.

This grant requires a match equal to 25% of grant funds awarded. (See the Application Packet for more details.)

Applications open on July 16th, 2025 and are due on August 15th, 2025 by no later than 11:59 pm MT.

Completeness Check

If you would like UMS staff to review your application prior to submission for completeness, you can submit it no later than August 1, 2025 via our completeness form. UMS staff will review and provide feedback if there are any incomplete portions.
You MUST save all application responses and materials on your own device to re-submit through the official form after the completeness review has been provided to you.

WHAT BUILDINGS ARE ELIGIBLE?

Must be a historic building
Must be mixed-use or commercial
Must be individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places or a contributing building within a National Register Historic District
Must be located within the designated boundaries of a rural Tier 2 Utah Main Street Community downtown district*
If the building received a Revive & Reside Grant in previous rounds, the building cannot receive funding in future rounds.

*Rural Tier 2 UMS communities are: Brigham City, Cedar City, Heber, Helper, Mt. Pleasant, Payson, Price, Tooele City, and Vernal.

WHAT TO INCLUDE IN YOUR APPLICATION

Unique Entity ID (UEI) (Click here for UEI instructions and here for SAM.gov instructions.)
Written responses to all application form questions.
Required budget template with your project details.
Photos of the interior and exterior of the building.
Letters of support. (1 is required, maximum of 3)
Map indicating where the building is located.

Application Packet

Early Staff Review Form*

REQUIRED Budget Template

Application Form

*The Early Staff Review Form is an OPTIONAL early submission where UMS staff will review the application for completeness only, not the merit or quality of the application. The deadline for early review is Friday, August 1st, 2025.

The Public Notice for Round One's Rural Grant Awardees is linked here.

Please note that the above information is a summary, and it is recommended to review the Application Packet and Budget Template in full prior to writing your application. You can also consult with Utah Main Street and SHPO staff with any questions.

The Revive & Reside subgrant program is part of the Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization grant program. The Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) is the primary federal funding source for preservation grant programs as well as for the activities of state and tribal Historic Preservation Offices. Funding levels for the HPF, and programs like Paul Bruhn, are established annually and are appropriated from a dedicated fund of offshore oil and gas leases (the HPF is not funded by taxpayers).

We encourage you to apply for our grant program and revitalize your historic building. Our team is available to answer questions about the application process.

For questions contact:

Karlee Stauffer | [email protected] | 801.535.2503

Chelsea Gauthier | [email protected] | 801.535.2501

Jansen Bennett | [email protected] | 801.245.7273