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Douglas County approves $2026 Natural and Cultural Heritage grant awards amid questions about eligibility and geographic equity
Summary
The Board approved the Heritage Conservation Council's 2026 awards after staff said the program received 42 applications requesting roughly $1,000,000. Commissioners pressed the Heritage Conservation Council on partial funding, for-profit applicants and geographic distribution; staff said partial awards are followed by scope negotiations.
The Douglas County Commission voted unanimously April 15 to approve the Heritage Conservation Council's recommended slate of natural and cultural heritage grant awards for 2026.
Caitlin Amerlin, the county's heritage conservation coordinator, said this was the program's fifteenth year and the most competitive cycle to date: 42 applications requested just over $1,000,000, and the council added $40,000 in seed-grant funding to broaden awards. "We received 42 applications, or requests for funding. That is by far the highest single number of applications that we've received," Caitlin…
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