Special by Kyle Kramm, City of Seguin Main Street and CVB director
(Seguin) In 2016, Main Street America (MSA) launched the pilot round of the Historic Commercial District Revolving Fund (HCDRF), administered in partnership with the Texas Main Street Program (TMSP) and made possible by generous support from The 1772 Foundation, Inc. In 2019, the success of the pilot program in San Augustine, Texas, and Texarkana, Texas, allowed MSA to expand the HCDRF into three communities in Maine, in partnership with the Maine Downtown Center.
Now, in 2020, MSA and TMSP have extended the HCDRF into three new Texas Main Street communities: Rockwall, Seguin, and Winnsboro. This fund will provide $55,000 in zero percent interest loans for façade improvements and COVID-19 space management projects.