Technical Assistance for CLGs

Historic wood window repair workshop, Kalamazoo (MI).

Local Preservation Tools

Local preservation is the most powerful expression of a community’s history—a history that is felt, seen, and heard every day by its citizens and visitors. Preservation efforts help define the community’s identity and the way that people live in the community. Preservation ensures that the special places that tell the stories of a community’s past and present are used, revitalized, and carefully tended for the future. Well-planned and implemented local preservation work results in economic, social, and environmental benefits that can transform communities into more prosperous, healthier places to live, work, and grow.

The National Park Service provides information about preservation planning, heritage tourism development, training for local preservation commissions, historic resource surveys and technologies, documenting and designating local resources, and preservation laws, regulations, and standards

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  Find a CLG

  Find a Certified Local Government

  Use this tool to locate current Certified Local Governments near you.

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  Find Grants

  Find Grants

  Find competitive historic preservation grants eligible to communities listed as Certified Local Governments here

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  Gateway to CLGs Web Application

  Click the image to be taken to the Gateway to CLG Application