Nine Iowa communities receive historic preservation grants
BY BUSINESS RECORD STAFF
The historic Muscatine County Jail. Submitted photo
Nine Iowa communities have been selected to receive a total of $108,284 in grants for historic preservation projects. The State Historic Preservation Office, a bureau of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, awarded the grants through its Certified Local Government program for historic preservation. The projects and grant amounts are:
•Des Moines Historic Preservation Commission, $25,000 to revise its citywide historic preservation plan.
•Sioux City Historic Preservation Commission, $15,000 to survey its downtown for potential sites to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
By Editor | February 4, 2021
By MARK EVANS
mevans@stegenherald.com
After denying an LED sign to the Church of Ste. Genevieve on Jan. 25, the Ste. Genevieve Heritage Commission approved a pair of requests for certificates of appropriateness for one property owner and tabled another request.
The commission was also updated on a State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) grant to put on a workshop.
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Steve Wallen requested certificates to replace an existing asbestos tile roof with a standing-seam, hidden-fastener metal roof on a house at 118 N. 5th Street. He also requested a certificate to replace the existing wooden windows with white vinyl windows on the circa 1900 home.
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Louisiana Main Street Accepting Revitalization Grant Applications
Courtesy of myneworleans.com
Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and Louisiana Main Street announce the release of applications for a second round of funding through the Paul Bruhn Revitalization Grant.
Posted: Feb 1, 2021 3:27 PM
Posted By: Olivia Sanders
BATON ROUGE, La. – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser and Louisiana Main Street announce the release of applications for a second round of funding through the Paul Bruhn Revitalization Grant. The National Park Service (NPS) recently awarded Louisiana Main Street $662,000 to help fund the rehabilitation and revitalization of historic commercial buildings location on official Main Street communities across the state.