Deadline: 7 March 2025
The City of Charlotte is now accepting applications for its Placemaking Grants and Creative Pool.
Types of Grants
- The Placemaking Grant Program, now in its sixth consecutive year, is an effort to give neighborhoods, individuals and businesses the opportunity to transform their community with a vibrant project of their own creation.
- The Placemaking Creative Pool Program helps match local creatives with project opportunities throughout Charlotte. Project managers can select a specific artist from the Pool or interested artists can vie for the project based on their own ability and capacity. The Pool consists of a wide range of creatives who manage, create and implement original compositions.
Funding Information
- Placemaking Grant Program:
- The Urban Design Center (UDC) has a pool of $150,000 available and grants will be between $5,000 and $25,000.
Eligible Projects
- Placemaking Grant Project Types:
- Wall murals
- Street murals
- Painted traffic circles
- Painted crosswalks
- Street furniture
- Signal cabinet wraps
- Bus stop improvements
- Pop-up plaza/park
- Community agriculture initiatives
- Street parklets
- Bike parking
- Playscapes
- Swings
- Sidewalk dining
- Programming and events
- Green infrastructure
Eligibility Criteria
- Placemaking Grant Program:
- Neighborhood and homeowners’ associations
- Community organizations
- Businesses or merchant organizations.
- Individuals with Project Teams
- Applicant groups must be significantly composed of people who live within the city of Charlotte limits
- If selected, the applicant must be able to meet the City of Charlotte vendor requirements
- Placemaking Creative Pool Program:
- The Creative Pool consists of a wide range of creatives who manage, create and implement original compositions. This includes creatives who work in mixed media, performance, written and spoken word, video/photography, fabrication and more. The pool was also opened to include teams, organizations and businesses who manage the process of implementing public art and performance.
For more information, visit City of Charlotte.
