Grants

Boynton Beach is a Great Place for Business

Downtown Boynton Beach is quickly becoming one of Palm Beach County’s most popular waterfront destinations. As the demand grows for the “Boynton Lifestyle”, the Boynton Beach CRA has developed several grant programs that provide opportunities for new businesses to relocate or existing businesses to upgrade in the Boynton Beach CRA district.

View a map of the Boynton Beach CRA district here.

Development Opportunities:

Favorable Land Use and Zoning Codes
Quick Site Plan Approvals
Quick Building Permit Approvals
Beneficial Land Prices Relative to Location
Housing and mixed-use developments process

Boynton Beach CRA Economic Development Programs

Commercial Construction Project Incentive Program

Culinary To Go / Culinary Solutions, before and after

This program encourages the substantial renovation of an existing commercial property or new construction of a commercial project within the CRA district.

Grant funding for projects valued between $1 and $249,999 will be reimbursed 2.3% of the
project's construction value

Grant funding for projects valued between $250,000 and $4,000,000 will be reimbursed 3.3%
of the project's construction value not to exceed $66,000

Download Commercial Construction Project Incentive Grant

Commercial Interior Build-Out Assistance Program

Jamerican Cuisine, before and after

This program is designed to help encourage the establishment of new and the expansion of existing businesses within the Boynton Beach CRA district by assisting with the costs associated with the interior build-out of a commercial project.

The Commercial Interior Build-Out Assistance Program offers financial assistance in the form of a reimbursable, matching (50%) grant to the landlord or business owner for eligible expenses associated with the construction or renovation of the interior of a commercial space. Items eligible for funding under the program are:

Interior walls
Interior plumbing
Interior electrical system including lighting
HVAC system
Flooring
Hood & fire suppression systems

Interior Build-Out Grant

Maximum Grant -Tier One- $45,000 Tier Two- $25,000 (see grant application for description of Tier's)

Tier One Businesses are eligible for the maximum amount of grant funding which is $45,000. Only full service restaurants with a minimum total seating capacity of 50 seats are eligible. The restaurant must have hours conducive for the development of the downtown including but not limited to 12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Proof of seating capacity shall be confirmed by copy of the City of Boynton Beach Local Business Tax Receipt.

Tier Two Businesses are eligible for a maximum amount of $25,000.

Tier Two Businesses must be one of the following types of businesses:

Restaurants with total seating capacity under 50
Gourmet Food Market
Bakery
Bed and Breakfast
Clothing Boutique - clothing, shoes & accessories
Home Décor/Design - home furnishings, art galleries, kitchen wares
Specialty Businesses - stationery, gifts, sporting goods
Medical Offices
Law Offices
Real Estate Offices
Insurance Offices
Accounting Offices
Marketing Office

Applicant Must Match 50% of CRA Funding

Download Commercial Interior Build-Out Grant

Commercial Rent Reimbursement Program

The Boardwalk Italian Ice & Creamery

The Commercial Rent Reimbursement Program is designed to help facilitate the establishment of new businesses and aid in the expansion of existing businesses within the Boynton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (the “CRA”) district. The program is designed to provide financial assistance to new and existing businesses in the form of rent reimbursement intended to help businesses during the critical first year of operation in order to effectively promote new businesses within the CRA thereby remedying and preventing conditions which lead to slum and blight.

Rent Reimbursement Grant

Tier One Business (Full Service Restaurants Only)
Tier One Businesses are eligible for up to half of the business's monthly rent or $1,250 per
month, whichever is less. (Maximum amount of the grant is $15,000.)
Only full service restaurants with a minimum total seating capacity of 50 seats are eligible.
The restaurant must have hours conducive for the redevelopment of the downtown.
Operating hours include but are not limited to 12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Tier Two Businesses are eligible for up to half of the business's monthly rent or $900 per month, whichever is less. (Maximum amount of the grant is $10,800.) Tier Two Businesses must be one of the following types of businesses:

Restaurants with total seating capacity under 50
Gourmet Food Market
Bakery
Bed and Breakfast
Clothing Boutique - clothing, shoes & accessories
Home Décor/Design - home furnishings, art galleries, kitchen wares
Specialty Businesses - stationery, gifts, sporting goods
Medical Offices
Law Offices
Real Estate Offices
Insurance Offices
Accounting Offices
Marketing Office

Applicants must enter into a multi-year lease

Download Commercial Rent Reimbursement Grant

Commercial Facade Improvement Grant Program

Healing Heart, before and after

The Commercial Façade Improvement Grant Program is designed to provide a financial incentive to help facilitate the exterior improvement of existing commercial properties within the CRA District. Commercial property within the CRA District may qualify for up to $25,000 of CRA funding for approved exterior improvement projects. The grant is a matching, reimbursable grant providing commercial property owners/tenants with a more visually appealing property. Eligible improvements include:

Painting
Shutters
Awnings/ canopies
Decorative exterior façade improvements
Exterior doors and windows
Landscaping around building
Irrigation
Parking lot repaving, resealing, restriping
Exterior lighting
Patio deck connecting to the building
Exterior wall repairs stucco, brick or wood repairs and replacement
ADA improvements
Signage
Fencing excluding chain link, barbed wire and wood panels
Demolition of structure and sodding of vacant property
Electric vehile chargingg station
Solar electricity and water heating

Commercial Facade Grant

Maximum Grant amounts: The CRA will provide, on a reimbursement basis, a 50% matching grant for eligible façade improvements up to a total of twenty five thousand dollars ($25,000) of CRA funds.