Certified Local Government Grants
One of the benefits of becoming a CLG is the opportunity to apply for grants. Each year a portion of state and federal appropriation for historic preservation is passed to Certified Local Governments in the form of matching grants. These grants fund local preservation activities in communities that have preservation ordinances. In an effort to encourage further preservation planning and build partnerships between state and local preservation organizations, the Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation has created a program to award preservation planning grants to Certified Local governments on a competitive basis.
Eligible projects include, but are not limited to:
Developing design guidelines for historic districts
Municipal Historic Resource Inventory Surveys
Feasibility studies on single historic buildings or groups of historic buildings
Conditions assessments and historic structures reports
Public information projects relative to historic preservation
Education projects relative to historic preservation
Historic preservation training programs for officials and local citizens
If you have any other ideas for projects and they do not fall under the above categories, feel free to contact Jessica G. Richardson at 225-219-9771 or jrichardson@crt.la.gov.
Certified Local Governments (CLGs) are the only eligible applicants for CLG Historic Preservation Planning Grants; however, CLGs can apply on behalf of individuals or organizations. CLG Historic Preservation Planning Grants are reimbursable, 50/50 (cash) matching grants.
Project work may only begin after the grant is awarded and a funding agreement with the Division of Historic Preservation is signed. The recipient pays for all costs up-front, and grant funds are reimbursed for 50 percent of the costs, up to the grant amount.
For Grant forms, please see the Forms section.
Current Grant Projects:
West Monroe: Design Guidelines for Cotton Port Historic District
Opelousas: Interpretive Signage for Le Vieux Village and the Opelousas Historic Downtown District
Ponchatoula: Update of National Register Surveys for the Ponchatoula Historic District
Monroe: Design Guidelines for Three Local Historic Districts
Olla: Downtown Historic District Interpretive and Way Finding System
Franklin: Downtown Franklin Master Plan
For more information, please contact:
Jessica G. Richardson
Certified Local Government Coordinator/Tax Credit Reviewer
Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation
P. O. Box 44247
Baton Rouge, LA 70804
Phone (225) 219-9771 jrichardson@crt.la.gov
