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Historic Preservation Commission seeks city funding for Brady Chapel restoration, proposes downtown interpretive plaques
Summary
The Historic Preservation Commission updated the council on a 10-year preservation plan, a $17,000 CLG grant to update the downtown historic-district survey, recent certificates of appropriateness and a capital campaign to restore Brady Chapel that may require city matching funds.
Marty Viscara, chair of the Historic Preservation Commission, told the Pocatello City Council at a work session that the commission adopted a 10-year historic preservation plan and is now seeking city funding to help restore Brady Chapel.
The commission said the plan, adopted by council in May, will guide monthly commission work and aims to make preservation efforts “ongoing, feasible, valuable, efficient, and productive,” Viscara said.
The plan matters because it identifies projects the commission says will preserve local historic resources and help owners access incentives. Becky Babb, planning manager, said a consultant-assisted update of the downtown historic-district survey and a National Register nomination are under way, funded by a $17,000 grant through the Certified Local Government (CLG) program.
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