Cologne invests 400,000 euros: New funding program for trade!
Cologne invests 400,000 euros: New funding program for trade!
The city of Cologne takes another step towards strengthening local trade. From 2025, the new special funding program "Support trade" will be launched. With a total budget of 400,000 euros, this program is designed to sustainably promote the shops in the district and district centers and to revitalize the local economy. The Economic Committee approved the budget in a session, as Rheinische-Versbvertblaetter.de reported.
Andree Haack, deputy for urban development, underlines the continuation of the successful program from previous years and emphasizes that Cologne retailers were actively involved in adapting the support catalog. The funding is not only expanded to traditional business models, but also takes into account innovative approaches. In this way, support for intermediate use of empty shops is now offered. This could help the city to counteract the mostly unattractive accumulation of vacancies and at the same time to bring a breath of fresh air to the shopping streets, such as stadt-koeln.de emphasized.
funding measures in detail
Various measures are planned for 2025, which include grants for festive winter and Christmas lights. Both the structure and the breakdown of the lighting are part of the funding offer. Advertising associations, interest associations and also mergers from retail, gastronomy or craft as well as retailers from the relevant districts are entitled to apply. The implementation of the project -related measures must serve the aim of promoting local business centers, which focuses on the community and local retail.The required project costs for the funding applications must be between 8,000 and 30,000 euros net. These clearly defined limits make it possible to support projects that have a positive effect on the local economic environment. Interested Cologne entrepreneurs can now submit their applications to the business development department. The deadline ends on July 15, 2025, which gives the dealers a generous period for planning their projects.
more information
For all those who want to get deeper into the topic and are looking for information about further funding opportunities, the Funding database offers extensive resources and details. With this funding program, the city of Cologne shows that it does not lose sight of the local economy and is closed behind its dealers. There is something for the Cologne economy - so, get the applications!
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