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Nampa council authorizes mayor to apply for state grant to pursue local historic district
Summary
City council approved authorization for the mayor to sign a FY25 State Historic Preservation Office certified local government grant to fund planning and design-guideline work toward a proposed Old Nampa local historic district; staff said the grant and matching funds would support outreach, boundary work and design guidelines.
The Nampa City Council voted to authorize the mayor to sign a FY25 Idaho State Historic Preservation Office certified local government (CLG) grant application to support work on an Old Nampa local historic district.
City Economic Development Analyst Kathryn Keyes, who serves as staff liaison to the Arts and Historic Preservation Commission, told the council the application covers two grant components: a $15,000 CLG grant with a $10,000 city match already approved in the FY25 historic preservation budget, plus a $5,000 match from economic development and planning and zoning.
Keyes said the work funded by the grant would focus on community outreach, boundary refinement and preparation of design guidelines that the city could adopt locally. "It is an honorary designation," Keyes said of the National Register status, "but there are no protections that come with the National Register. So we're trying to move into this area to progress in preservation with a…
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