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Pierce County amends historic preservation grants, removes $4,550 for prayer-rug art project
Summary
The council approved R2026-105 to distribute historic preservation grant funds from a document-fee surcharge; a substantive amendment removed a $4,550 award to the Pacific Northwest Prayer Rug project and council directed a review of grant criteria.
The Pierce County Council on March 10 approved resolution R2026-105 to distribute historic preservation grant funding, but adopted a substantive amendment removing a $4,550 award to the Pacific Northwest Prayer Rug project.
Planning and Public Works staff presented the program and funding context: Matthew Swanson said the grants are paid from a $1 portion of a $5 per-instrument surcharge. He told the council the preservation fund is budgeted at roughly $399,350 for the 2026–27 biennium; 28 applications requested a combined $478,054 but…
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