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Glen Ellyn received a $5,950 grant for historic preservation projects to develop a National Register nomination document and establish a downtown historic district.
The plan
Glen Ellyn was one of 13 Illinois communities selected to receive Certified Local Government grants from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. The grants were made available through the state for local historic preservation projects.
“Historic preservation begins at the grass-roots level, in local communities which have made their heritage a top priority,” Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Acting Director Catherine Shannon said in a release. “These grant funds will help preserve that heritage, as well as improve the quality of life for current and future generations.”
Other communities that received the grant include Aurora, Chicago, Crystal Lake, Galena, Kankakee, Macomb, Marshall, Ottawa, Plainfield, Rock Island, Urbana, and Will County.
The impact
In Glen Ellyn, the grant will be used to develop a National Register of Historic Places nomination document and establish a downtown historic district — both of which are goals in the village’s strategic plan for promoting historic preservation.
Establishing a historic district was one of the village’s short-term priority projects for downtown, along with creating a permanent downtown organization — the recently formed Alliance of Downtown Glen Ellyn — encouraging building maintenance and analyzing the downtown traffic system, among other projects.
The grants were awarded on a matching basis. Federal funds pay for up to 70 percent of a project, and local funds make up the remainder.
Projects being funded by the grant must relate to historic preservation.
Glen Ellyn received a $5,950 grant for historic preservation projects to develop a National Register nomination document and establish a downtown historic district.
The plan
Glen Ellyn was one of 13 Illinois communities selected to receive Certified Local Government grants from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. The grants were made available through the state for local historic preservation projects.
“Historic preservation begins at the grass-roots level, in local communities which have made their heritage a top priority,” Illinois Historic Preservation Agency Acting Director Catherine Shannon said in a release. “These grant funds will help preserve that heritage, as well as improve the quality of life for current and future generations.”
Other communities that received the grant include Aurora, Chicago, Crystal Lake, Galena, Kankakee, Macomb, Marshall, Ottawa, Plainfield, Rock Island, Urbana, and Will County.
The impact
In Glen Ellyn, the grant will be used to develop a National Register of Historic Places nomination document and establish a downtown historic district — both of which are goals in the village’s strategic plan for promoting historic preservation.
Establishing a historic district was one of the village’s short-term priority projects for downtown, along with creating a permanent downtown organization — the recently formed Alliance of Downtown Glen Ellyn — encouraging building maintenance and analyzing the downtown traffic system, among other projects.
The grants were awarded on a matching basis. Federal funds pay for up to 70 percent of a project, and local funds make up the remainder.
Projects being funded by the grant must relate to historic preservation.
