- Swiss Bear, Inc. offers a Property Enhancement Grant for Greater Downtown commercial property owners/businesses. There are three categories: façade (up to $2500); signage (up to $750); and landscaping (up to $500.) Businesses may apply for any and/or all of these categories. The grant is a matching grant. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.SWISS BEAR IS OFFERING THIS GRANT ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE annual BASIS. in 2023 Swiss Bear is offering $14,000 in grants. The grant amount is renewed annually.
- The City of New Bern has a façade grant program that is eligible to commercial properties in certain economic districts of the City. For more information about the City of New Bern Facade Grant Program contact the City of New Bern Development Services office at ( 252) 639-7586.
- New Bern is part of the ElectriCities group. A benefit to being part of ElectriCities is that certain grant opportunities, including a facade grant, are available to Greater Downtown commercial properties.
Businesses that have received Swiss Bear Property Enhancement grants are:
- Brewery 99
- Crema Brew
- Poor Charlies
- The Boathouse
- Studio 413
- SL Revival
- Broad Street Laundry
- Blue Magnolia
- Broad Street Christian
- New Bern Historical Society
- Uptown Business Association
- Coles Chiropractic
- 242 Middle Street LLC
- Galley Stores & Marina
- Surf, Wind, and Fire
- The Country Biscuit
- HGL and KRL LLC
- Twice as Nice
- Bear City Fudge
- Broad Street Takeout
- Bear City Impact
- Mitchell Hardware
- Carolina Creations
- Freshwater Beer Co.
- Community Artists Guild
- Edward Jones - Georgiana Bircher
- Baxter's 1892
- Cork
- The Flying Fox