The Knoxville City Council is giving some downtown business owners an opportunity to improve their storefronts. The council heard a presentation from the Iowa Economic Development Authority, who identified the needed removal of metal slipcovers on downtown storefronts to be eligible for State and Federal funding programs. The city created a municipally funded Downtown Façade Program to help fund the removal of the metal slipcovers. Knoxville City Manager Heather Ussery tells KNIA/KRLS News how it works.

“We have a revolving loan fund currently that we’ve had for many years, but it hasn’t been utilized in over a decade. There’s about $115,000 currently in that fund and so we’d like to see how we can reallocate those funds and make an impact for our downtown.”

To hear more from Knoxville City Manager Heather Ussery, tune into today’s Let’s Talk Knoxville.