(KMZA)--Seneca Downtown Impact has been awarded a COVID-19 rerecovery grant.

According to a release, the organization is among eight Kansas Main Street communities to receive the grant by the National Main Street Center and the Kansas Main Street Program.

The release says the grant provides funds to downtown's impacted by COVID-19 to implement ideas for marketing or promotion to help reopen the commercial district safely.

The program is made possible by Union Pacific.

Seneca Downtown Impact will receive $3,000.

Kylee Luckeroth, executive director of the Seneca Area Chamber and Downtown Impact, says they are excited to be chosen as a grant recipient. She said the grant will be used to promote visitors and residents alike to “ Re Discover Seneca”, a new event inviting people back to Seneca and Main Street.

Grant project ideas were judged based on how they would contribute to commercial commercial district recovery efforts, as well as their community impact after the initial project implementation.