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Board signs historic‑preservation letters to clear HUD funding for 8 project‑based vouchers at Astor Place
Summary
Commissioners authorized the chair to sign State Historic Preservation Office and tribal review letters needed for HUD’s environmental review, enabling Lincoln Avenue Capital’s Astor Place project to move forward with eight project‑based housing choice vouchers.
Garfield County commissioners on Aug. 18 authorized the chair to sign letters to the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and tribal historic preservation officers that are required for the HUD Part 58 environmental assessment for the Astor Place affordable housing project in the Battlement Mesa PUD.
Cheryl Strauss of the Garfield County Housing Authority explained the county had allocated eight project‑based vouchers for the development. She said the SHPO/THPO review — customary for HUD‑financed projects — had returned no adverse findings in the consultant reports and that the preservation letters would document that for HUD’s Denver field office. If HUD accepts the documentation, it will finalize the agency’s approval and the housing authority can proceed with a rental subsidy contract tied to the project.
The developer, Lincoln Avenue Capital, proposes 58 rental units in Battlement Mesa with affordability levels across income tiers and eight of the units supported by project‑based vouchers. Commissioners approved the certification and authorized the chair’s signature.
Why it matters: The SHPO/THPO letters are standard parts of HUD environmental review for projects using federal subsidy; their signature keeps the Astor Place project on the schedule to receive eight project‑based vouchers and move to construction.
