• Corridor Improvement Grant Application

Businesses located on Main Street, Randall Road, and Kirk Road within the City limits of St. Charles are eligible to apply for the new Four Season Landscaping Grants. Ten grants of $500 each will be awarded this year. Projects funded by the Four Seasons Grants should create a sense of continuity and design impact in the city corridors through attractive, eye-catching additions of colorful perennial plantings.

Grants must be used to plant hardy perennials, hardy woody plants or bulbs that provide landscaping interest through all four seasons. Native plants are encouraged because they are low maintenance, salt tolerant, and pollution tolerant. These plantings will use a unified color theme while encouraging creativity in selection of species to accomplish the unified design goal. Plants featuring yellow and white with accents of orange and/or red must account for 50-75% of the planting composition. The remainder may be green foliage or non-flowering foliage texture such as ornamental grasses.

Awards of the Four Season Grants will be on a competitive basis. Applications will be judged based on their ability to fulfill the criteria expressed in the Corridor Improvement Design Guidelines. The applications are due in August. Questions may be directed to the Community Developmetn Department at (630) 377-4443.

The Four Season Grant is a component of the City's new Corridor Improvement Program, which has been designed to enhance the physical appearance of private property, excluding buildings, along the City's most public auto and pedestrian corridors. The intent of this program is to encourage and assist owners of these highly visible properties to make improvements that enhance the overall economic vitality and character of the City.

Community Development Department (630) 377-4443