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Ames HPC members report Preserve Iowa Summit takeaways, seek CLG grants and clarity on COA postings
Summary
Commissioners described sessions at the Preserve Iowa Summit, discussed possible grant-supported signage and research projects, asked staff about posting certificates of appropriateness on the city website, and received an update on the Chautauqua Park/Ridgewood National Register nomination timeline.
Members of the Ames Historic Preservation Commission discussed several nonaction items on June 9, including lessons from the Preserve Iowa Summit, potential grant-funded projects to document historic schools and churches, questions about public posting of certificates of appropriateness (COAs) on the city website, and progress on a National Register nomination for the Chautauqua Park–Ridgewood subdivision.
Commissioner Kate and Commissioner Greg both reported attending the Preserve Iowa Summit in Muscatine. “They published a book, with all those sites,” Ray, a city staff member who also attended, summarized of a Muscatine County project mapping historic rural churches and schools. Commissioners suggested similar signage or QR-code…
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