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State lists multi-site repairs and tight maintenance fund; Coolidge Homestead project set at $1 million
Summary
Division for Historic Preservation told the committee it has redirected FY25 maintenance funds to a $1 million Coolidge Homestead renovation and faces a projected FY27 shortfall; staff described FEMA and National Park Service grants that will fund some Morrill and other projects but warned the maintenance buffer will be nearly exhausted.
Jamie Duggan, director of preservation, told the House Corrections and Institutions Committee that unanticipated HVAC and boiler work cost the historic-sites maintenance fund roughly $124,000 last year and has pressured project sequencing. He said the division dedicated a large share of FY25 maintenance funding to move a major Coolidge Homestead renovation forward after three rounds of bidding and higher-than-expected proposals.
Duggan described the…
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