Terrytown residents can now apply for one-time grants of up to $8,500 to help give their home a facelift.

Applications for The Terrytown Façade Improvement Program are open until the end of the month for owner-occupied, single-family homes in need of landscaping, painting, or repairs to the front of their home, including doors, windows, shutters, driveways or sidewalks.

Winners will be chosen through three public lotteries, with the first taking place Oct. 16 at the Terrytown Golden Age Center at 5:30 p.m., according to the New Orleans Education League of the Construction Industry, or NOEL, the organization in charge of the program.

The program received $750,000 from the state Legislature and Jefferson Parish Council earlier this year to upgrade the exteriors of at least 88 homes afte

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