Site and Building Development Fund (SBDF) Project - Private Sector Closure Grant

The FY 2026-2027 Site and Building Development Fund (SBDF) Project - Private Sector Closure opportunity is administered by the Nebraska Department of Economic Development under the Site and Building Development Fund program. The Site and Building Development Act originated with Legislative Bill 388, introduced by the Nebraska State Legislature in January 2011 as part of the Talent and Innovation Initiative. LB 388 was adopted during the 102nd Nebraska Legislative Session, signed into law, became operative on October 3, 2011, and was codified at Nebraska Revised Statutes sections 81-12,144 through 81-12,151. The stated purpose of the Act is to assist in providing industrial-ready sites and buildings throughout Nebraska and thereby create conditions favorable to the state's industrial readiness. For fiscal years 2026-27 and 2027-28, the Site and Building Development Act authorizes the Nebraska Department of Economic Development to provide grants or zero-interest loans to qualifying cities of the first class. Funding may be used to acquire land, infuse infrastructure, or otherwise make large sites and buildings ready for industrial development. This particular application is for fiscal year 2026-2027. The Department states that the combined grants and loans awarded through the SBDF Program for fiscal year 2026-2027 will not exceed $2,500,000. The supplied opportunity information does not state an individual minimum or maximum award, a specified number of awards, or a required applicant cost share or matching contribution. Eligibility is specifically directed to cities of the first class that satisfy two conditions established for this funding. An eligible city must have a population of fewer than fifty thousand inhabitants and must have been impacted by a sudden and significant private-sector entity closure or downsizing. Accordingly, although the opportunity is identified as having a Public eligibility type, the supplied material does not establish eligibility for all public entities. It specifically identifies qualifying cities of the first class meeting the population and private-sector closure or downsizing conditions. The opportunity is a Nebraska state program and is not described as nationwide. Applications are submitted through Nebraska's AmpliFund opportunity system. The application period opens August 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM Central Daylight Time and closes August 26, 2026 at 11:55 PM Central Daylight Time. The public opportunity page provides an application download or print link as well as a link to the program guidelines at https://opportunity.nebraska.gov/programs/business/sbdf/. General and program-specific AmpliFund user guides and videos are available through https://opportunity.nebraska.gov/amplifund/. The supplied material does not identify a separate letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, or other pre-application gating deadline. The supplied opportunity information does not state formal scoring criteria, evaluation weights, award notification dates, a performance period, or a recurring application schedule. Applicants should therefore rely on the official program guidelines and AmpliFund materials for application requirements not reproduced in the supplied opportunity information. No recurrence language such as annually, biennially, quarterly, or annually thereafter is present in the supplied source, so no future cycle is inferred from this opportunity. The agency contact is Benjamin Goins of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, Incentives Division. He may be reached at benjamin.goins@nebraska.gov or 402-471-0822. The supplied contact information also identifies the Department's address as 245 Fallbrook Blvd, Suite 002, Lincoln, NE 68521. Individuals who are hearing or speech impaired and use a TTY may contact the Department through the Statewide Relay System at 800-833-7352 for TTY or 800-833-0920 for voice and ask the relay operator to call the Department at 800-426-6505 or 402-471-3111.

Confirm the applicant is a city of the first class with fewer than 50,000 inhabitants and has been impacted by a sudden and significant private-sector entity closure or downsizing; align the proposed project with land acquisition, infrastructure, or other preparation of large sites and buildings for industrial development.