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Sandpoint commission hears SHPO on local-designation steps after CLG grant miss
Summary
Sandpoint’s Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation Commission heard from the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office about what the city should do next after missing a Certified Local Government grant, and was urged to adopt a local historic‑district ordinance before the 2026 CLG application cycle opens.
Sandpoint’s Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation Commission heard from the Idaho State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) on plans to pursue design‑review guidelines for a proposed downtown local historic district after the city’s FY2025 Certified Local Government (CLG) grant application was not funded.
Alexis Matrone, SHPO certified‑local‑government coordinator and preservation planner, said the 2026 CLG application cycle opens Nov. 1, 2025, and closes Jan. 31, 2026, and that a local ordinance establishing the overlay district would strengthen future grant applications. “It would be a stronger grant application if the ordinance is already set in place or that overlay zone is already set,” Matrone said.
The commission’s discussion matters because a CLG grant would fund…
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