How can Van Alstyne Community Development help local businesses?
Funding is available to businesses for façade & infrastructure improvement. Here are some of our completed projects:
Tourism:
- Funded improvements inside and out for historic Interurban railcar
- Funded signage for “Visit Historic Downtown Van Alstyne” on US 75
- Sponsor of Van Alstyne Chamber of Commerce events, including Music in the Park and the annual Fall der All downtown celebration
- Complete sponsorship of the city’s annual ChristmasTown celebration
- Billboards advertising downtown Van Alstyne and local businesses
- Assisted in funding for the Van Alstyne ISD to replace scoreboards at baseball and softball fields
- Provided funding for three downtown murals
- Funded interior and exterior museum building improvements in 2014-15
North Park:
- Funded playground equipment and covered picnic area
- Funded purchase and installation of new merry-go-round
Dorothy Fielder Park:
- Funding of reconstruction of memory bricks’ walkway
- Funding for gazebo renovations
- Funding for LED lights to replace old lighting system
- Funding for ground-level flag lights
- Funding for new benches
- Funding for landscape renovation
Forrest Moore Park:
- VACDC paid off the property loan in a consortium with the City, Van Alstyne ISD, and the land owners’ donation. The entire project was $1,400,000.
- Funded lighting for the walking trail and made the bridge wheelchair accessible
- Funded rubber mulch for park playground
- Funded resurfacing of the parking lot in 2015
- Funded new park equipment and canopy
- Funded repairs to the pedestrian walkway bridge
McKinney Wilson Park:
- Funded new concession stand roof and façade
- Funded improvements to picnic area and children’s playground
- Funding renovation of park bathrooms
- Funded installation of scoreboard
GRANT PROJECTS:
- Development agreement with United Ag & Turf John Deere for construction on largest commercial/retail operation in city history
- Funded interior renovations to bring Duchess Inn to Van Alstyne
- Funding of grant facades for restaurants The Roost, Buck Snort BBQ, Asian Cuisine, El Patio
- Funding to help Cooley Bay Winery improve the patron experience
- Funded façade improvements and new electric doors at Van Alstyne Senior Center
- Funded façade improvements at Van Alstyne Public Library
- Funding of grant projects for retail and commercial businesses such as Texas Haircut Co. and Honeybean
- Provided funding for restoration of historic City Hall for retail revitalization
