Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe this week unveiled the city’s second round of its facade improvement program, designed to help small businesses, non-profits, and shopping centers that have historically experienced high rates of crime.
Eligible businesses must be in certain qualification census tracts. The funding for this program is a reimbursable grant. The city is making $500,000 available.
The program is only eligible for businesses within QCT. Those interested in finding out what areas qualify can go to https://bit.ly/46VWTiT.
The city said in a release that the pace of development in Antioch has spurred activity for financial and insurance institutions, contractors, and other service-oriented businesses. Increased development has increased employment in schools, hospitals, and other local service sectors.
“Antioch is poised to capitalize on its location, skilled workforce, and fiscal strength,” the city said.
Applicants can apply for funding at www.antiochgrants.com. For more information, those interested can visit https://www.antiochca.gov/.
So how does improving the facade decrease crime? It hasn’t worked for Nordstrom and other high priced stores. How about spending the money on increased police presence?
Mayor of Antioch is a criminal
The Mayor is also a rasist.
Antiock needs to build up its police force.
We all need to get a DA that tries criminals.
My bet is they would rather see more police.
They better straighten out the crime first otherwise the store fronts will look like they do now a couple months after they get them done and it will be a waist of tax payers money.
West antioch is a sad remnant of what it once was, even gold to cash place closed.
Surviving businesses include check cashing, laundromats and liquor stores.
Little more than a collection of boarded up buildings that homeless squat in occasionally.
Years back on Buchanan Road near Gentrytown group of businesses burned, owner cut losses and bulldozed what remained standing.
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In the 1980s area was great place to go shopping. High density housing began area’s decline.
Place I bought tires from for many decades finally had enough and moved to Pittsburg.
Without Police at full strength and a massive reduction in crime antioch will continue to circle the drain, tanking home property values. NINE murders so far this year.
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ARROGANT my way or the highway attitude resulted in antioch not having the large shopping center complex area west of Lowes. All that tax revenue is going to Pittsburg. New Chick-fil-A did their research and wisely build their restaurant on Pittsburg land.
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Old political saying lipstick on a pig, facade improvement PR stunt, is lipstick on a dead pig.
You know things are bad when firms view PITTSBURG a safer alternative! Pitt has been a proletariat hellscape for many decades; Antioch was once a marginally better community (working poor vs welfare queens). It seems the cities have switched places, but neither offers anything to attract productive families, nor hav they ever.
Why would a business owner plan to open their shop in a crime ridden area knowing full well what the outcome would probably be. Cash up front is nice, but that never stopped the criminals from proceeding.