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Historic Preservation Fund
Certified Local Government Program

Grant Funding Available for Certified Local Governments
(Anchorage, AK) - The Alaska Office of History and Archaeology is accepting applications for the 2013 Historic Preservation Fund (HPF) grant program. This grant round is for eligible Certified Local Governments only.

Survey, inventory, historic preservation planning, National Register nomination, public preservation education, predevelopment, development and acquisition projects are eligible for program funds.

Completed applications are being accepted and the deadline for receipt is Friday, March 22, 2013. More information and applications are available at www.dnr.alaska.gov/parks/, by calling 907.269.8694, or by sending an e-mail to oha@alaska.net.

Certified Local Governments (CLG) are eligible for matching grant funds from the Office of History and Archaeology for historic preservation activities. A minimum of 10% of the annual federal Historic Preservation Fund appropriated to Alaska is for CLG programs. To become a CLG, a city or borough must:
  • Pass a local historic preservation ordinance
  • Establish a historic preservation commission
  • Implement a historic resources inventory
  • Provide for public participation in the program

Current CLGs in Alaska are:
City of Cordova
City of Dillingham
City of Fairbanks
Fairbanks-North Star Borough
City and Borough of Juneau
City of Kenai
City of Ketchikan
Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Municipality of Anchorage
North Slope Borough
City of Seward
City and Borough of Sitka
City of Unalaska



Current grant instructions and applications are available here as Microsoft Word documents (.doc), Rich Text Files (.rtf), or Adobe Acrobat PDF files (.pdf). To open pdf files, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader version 3.0 or higher, on your computer. Acrobat Reader is available free off the Internet. Click the Get Acrobat button to go to the Adobe Acrobat Web site, follow their instructions and choose the appropriate type of Acrobat Reader for your computer. If you have Acrobat Reader, or have finished downloading it, click on the document title below.
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Certified Local Government: Grant Cycle Announcement
Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)

Certified Local Government Grant Application FY13

Word Document (.docx)         Rich Text File (.rtf)         Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)

Certified Local Government Program Priorities
Word Document (.docx)         Rich Text File (.rtf)         Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)

Example Budget, Evaluation Criteria and Professional Qualifications of Consultants
Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)


If you would like more information, please contact:
Jean Ayers
Alaska State Parks
550 W 7th Ave, Suite 1380
Anchorage AK 99501-3561
         phone:(907) 269-8694
fax: (907) 269-8907
e-mail: jean.ayers@alaska.gov

To view a list of issued grants for previous years,
see the pdf file of the CLG Grants Catalog.


Last updated on Friday, January 25, 2013.
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