Las Vegas City Wire

We are now accepting applications for a new Business Security grant program to help qualifying business owners in qualified census tracts to do site security improvements. The program offers reimbursement grants up to $10,000.

The new program, which officially launched March 7, 2023, provides financial assistance for securing businesses by adding fencing, security cameras, lighting, gates and other security measures.

While the application process time frame is open-ended, there is a total cap of $1 million for the program. Grants are being awarded on a first-come, first-served basis and applicants will be notified of the status of their application within 30 days of submission.

What You Need To Know

• Grant recipients will be reimbursed up to $10,000 for approved security improvement expenditures.
• Business owners can be reimbursed for improvements that happened after March 3, 2021 with receipts for eligible expenses.
• Business owners must have been in business as of December 1, 2019.
• Businesses must be zoned commercial, industrial or mixed-use operation.  Restaurants are zoned commercial.
• Qualifying businesses must be located in the city of Las Vegas and within a qualified census tract. Check out the Security Grant Qualifying Map here. Qualifying areas are highlighted in blue.

To learn more visit https://www.lasvegasnevada.gov/Business/Economic-Development/Business-Incentives or if you would like to submit an application for the Business Security Grant Program visit https://cityoflasvegas.formstack.com/forms/business_security_program. Or if you’d like more information about Downtown Safety in general visit https://files.lasvegasnevada.gov/public-safety/DowntownSafetyResources.pdf.

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