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THC reallocates courthouse funds, approves Freestone full‑restoration award and emergency grants
Summary
At its Jan. 31 meeting the commission recaptured returned grant funds and approved reallocation to a shovel‑ready Freestone County full‑restoration project, supplemental awards to several counties, and an emergency out‑of‑cycle grant for Washington County courthouse stabilization.
The Texas Historical Commission on Jan. 31 approved several courthouse grant adjustments, reallocations and emergency awards after hearing staff and Architecture Committee recommendations following returned grants and new engineering findings.
Major decisions: - The commission recaptured two previously awarded grants: Kimble County (round 11 planning grant) in the amount of $41,742.10 and Van Zandt County (round 13 full restoration grant) in the amount of $9,576,427 after Van Zandt County returned its award. Staff noted the recaptured funds reenter the courthouse grant pool. - The commission approved a full‑restoration award for Freestone County of $6,379,490 from the available round‑13 funds; Freestone County demonstrated "shovel‑ready" plans and a local match commitment of $859,928, staff said. - Supplemental funding approvals: Hall County received $302,250 in supplemental contingency funding to address contractor change orders and depleted contingency funds; Wise County received…
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