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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

City’s Historic Preservation Commission awarded grant for economic impact study

COLUMBIA, MO (December 30, 2010) - The Missouri Department of Natural Resources State Historic Preservation Office has given preliminary approval to a grant application submitted by the city’s Historic Preservation Commission for a study of the “Economic Development Impact of Historic Preservation in Columbia, MO.” Pending approval of a grant agreement by the City Council and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the state will fund $12,000 of the project cost with FY2011 State Historic Preservation Fund grant monies.

The Historic Preservation Commission anticipates this project will describe the fiscal impact of historic preservation on the local economy by analyzing the direct and indirect benefits of historic preservation on economic development indicators such as jobs, income, property values and tax revenue. The commission submitted this grant to enhance historic preservation and economic development in the city by promoting the benefits of historic preservation to an expanded audience of homeowners, developers and policy makers.

The target completion date for this project is fall of 2012. For more information, please contact the Department of Planning and Development at (573) 874-7239 or by e-mail at planning@GoColumbiaMo.com.

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