Funding Priority

Funding Priority. In order to promote local preservation activities to the greatest extent possible, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) will seek to ensure that the designated funds are distributed to qualified CLGs without prejudice and shall make reasonable efforts to distribute the funds among the maximum number of eligible CLGs to the extent that such distribution is consistent with federal regulation. When possible, MDAH shall distribute these funds to create a geographic balance and to ensure a reasonable distribution between Mississippi’s urban and rural areas. No CLG shall receive a disproportionate share of the allocation. The SHPO, or designee, shall review and evaluate each proposal and shall recommend to the Board of Trustees of the MDAH the award of funds on a competitive basis to CLGs based on the following general priorities. A. Projects that revitalize the community’s historic downtown commercial core. B. Projects that revitalize the community’s historic neighborhoods. C. Projects that conserve historic rural resources, including the farms and plantation settings, and any other historic resources and the completion of survey activities. D. Projects that emphasize the identification of historic resources and the completion of survey activities. E. Projects that emphasize the completion of evaluation; i.e. nomination of resources to the National Register. F. Projects that emphasize the education of the general public about historic preservation. G. Projects that emphasize the education of the Historic Preservation Commission, including the preparation of guidelines for the Commission. H. Projects that offer creative, viable ways to implement the preservation of Mississippi’s prehistoric and historic resources. MDAH shall ensure that when such proposals are submitted they will be reviewed and evaluated without prejudice. I. Other priorities set by MDAH. These funding priorities are subject to change within the evolution of Mississippi’s comprehensive historic preservation planning process. If these priorities do change, CLGs will be advised of the new priorities.