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Newberg commission votes to seek city help and pursue CLG grant to expand historic inventory
Summary
The Newberg Historic Preservation Commission voted to ask the city manager for staff or volunteer resources to convert its dated historic-resources PDF into a searchable database and unanimously directed staff to apply for a CLG grant to expand the inventory with a focus on mid-century modern buildings.
The Newberg Historic Preservation Commission voted to ask the city manager for resources to convert the city’s historic-resources inventory into a searchable database and unanimously directed staff to apply for a Certified Local Government (CLG) grant to expand the inventory, staff said.
Commission staff reported the current inventory is largely a 1991 PDF that is cumbersome to search and contains low-quality scans and images. "We could take the old resource inventory and turn it into a database and hire someone to do that work with grant money," an unidentified staff member said, proposing the commission ask the city manager for paid or volunteer labor to complete…
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