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Federal Historic Preservation Funds
Help Illinois Communities
The
Illinois Historic
Preservation Agency announced a new round of Certified Local Government
Grants (CLG), totaling $103,136, to eleven communities throughout the state,
including Chicago, Blue Island, Berwyn, Quincy, Macomb, Rock Island and
Jacksonville. Many of the grants will be used for surveys of historic
properties or for historic preservation educational materials for the
public. For a complete list of the CLG grant projects and the municipalities
awarded, click here.
CLG grants are federally sourced matching grants administered by the state.
Each state historic preservation office (SHPO) is annually appropriated
federal funds from the
U.S. Historic Preservation Fund
(HPF). Each SHPO in
turn must allocate 10% of its annual appropriation to
certified local
governments (CLG) for local historic preservation programs or projects. CLGs
are municipalities with an historic preservation ordinance and commission,
officially certified by the SHPO. Currently, Illinois has
63 CLGs.
Photo: Quincy, Illinois |
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