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Grant Program Funded for 2014
A popular grant program for preservation projects has received additional funding. The 2014 Mississippi legislature allocated $2.1 million for competitive grants in the tenth round of the Community Heritage Preservation Grant Program, which helps preserve, restore, rehabilitate, and interpret historic courthouses and schools. In Certified Local Government communities grant funds may also be used for projects involving other historic buildings. Only properties that have been designated Mississippi Landmarks are eligible for the grants.
“This program is directly responsible for saving great Mississippi buildings like the L.Q.C. Lamar House in Oxford and the Prentiss Institute Rosenwald School in Jefferson Davis County,” said Aileen de la Torre, CHPG program administrator. “These grants are so effective because the local communities are the spark for the projects large and small, whether restoring an entire structure or constructing an accessibility ramp.”
The MDAH Board of Trustees will award the grants at a special meeting in December.
Only county or municipal governments, school districts, and nonprofit organizations granted Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status by the IRS may submit applications. A cash match of at least 20 percent is required, and grant awards are reimbursed upon the sue-
CLG Preservation Grants Aid Communities
own preservation goals in the way that best suits their community.”
CLG participants are eligible for annual matching grants for such diverse projects as restoration of historic buildings; historical, architectural, or archaeological site inventory work; preparation of nominations to the National Register of Historic Places; educational programs; and staff support for new historic preservation commissions.
For more information contact Barry White at 601-576-6953 or bwhite@mdah. state.ms.us.
More than $70,000 was awarded to preservation projects in fourteen Certified Local Government Communities at the April board meeting of the Department of Archives and History. The CLG program helps participants establish and administer historic preservation programs in their communities.
Grants of $10,000 were awarded to the Merrill Building in Carrollton for building stabilization and repairs; the Main Street Bridge in Leland for repairing and painting concrete guardrails and installing six new lamp
posts; and the Spain House in Tupelo (at right) for restoration of porticos and porches. Additional grants totaling $44,407 were awarded to Aberdeen,
Baldwyn, Biloxi, Brandon, Canton, Gautier, McComb, Pascagoula, Starkville, Tunica, and Winona.
“The CLG program is an excellent example of a preservation partnership that
bridges the federal, state, and local levels,” said grant administrator Barry White. “It’s not a one-size-fits-all program because participating municipalities have the flexibility to pursue their
cessful c o m -pletion of the project.
To become a Certified Local Government, a community must adopt a preservation ordinance establishing a preservation commission in accordance with federal and state guidelines. Once the commission has been established, application for CLG status may be made to the National Park Service through the Department of Archives
Prentiss Institute Rosenwald School before (below), and after a CHPG-funded restoration.
and History. MDAH works closely with local government officials and citizens to help them create and manage a workable local historic preservation program. To learn more about the CLG program, call 662-325-2520.
Applications will be available on the MDAH website beginning July 1. Deadline to receive completed applications will be
5	p.m. on October 3, 2014. For more information contact MDAH by email or call 601-576-6937.