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La Plata preservation commission advances 5‑year plan but flags staffing and funding shortfalls
Summary
The commission outlined five priority initiatives — plaque program, oral history, firehouse museum, historic resource survey and comprehensive plan alignment — but commissioners and staff said current budgets and staffing likely won’t cover the proposed work without council backing.
La Plata’s Historic Preservation Commission reviewed a proposed five‑year work plan during an Aug. 1 workshop and recommended focusing early effort on a plaque program, oral histories, a historic resource survey and preparatory steps toward Certified Local Government (CLG) status, while flagging that the commission’s budget and town staff capacity are insufficient to complete all proposed items in a single fiscal year. Commissioners identified five near-term priorities: expand the town plaque (PLAC) program, develop an oral-history program tied to markers, establish a resource survey to…
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