HISTORIC PROPERTY SURVEY GRANT PROGRAM

Open in new Tab HISTORIC PROPERTY SURVEY GRANT PROGRAM The application for the  Historic Property Survey Grant Program is now closed. The Historic Property Survey Grant Program is a $400,000 pilot program that will provide grants up to $125,000 for the preparation of Historic Property Surveys throughout the state that include within the defined scope, properties located within a Government Restricted Municipality or that would be considered distress asset/s. PROGRAM DETAILS ELIGIBILITY AWARD SIZE FEES PROGRAM DETAILS The program will provide financial assistance in the form of grants for the preparation of Historic Property Surveys throughout the state that include within the defined scope, properties located within a Government Restricted Municipality or that would be considered distress asset/s.  Projects considered would include historic survey of properties/resources based on association by location (municipal surveys), or thematically. A distressed asset shall be defined as a building that is fully or partially vacant, or that due to deteriorated appearance of its exterior (because of deferred maintenance such as deteriorated paint or overgrown vegetation, boarded up door and/or windows), could be seen as a deterrent to economic growth to the surrounding area. Historic Property Surveys provide a full assessment of an area’s existing historic resources and are a fundamental part of historic preservation planning.  The program seeks to increase the overall understanding of existing historic resources throughout the state (many of which may be identified as distressed assets), as a planning tool to be used as part of future comprehensive economic development planning within the state. ELIGIBILTY Eligible Applicants : Municipal governments County governments Non-profit organizations who are working on behalf of, in coordination with or with the support/endorsement of a municipal or county government. Eligible Applicants must : be in substantial good standing with the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the Department of Environmental Protection, and the Department of the Treasury have a current NJ Tax Clearance Certificate provided by the NJ Division of Taxation Eligible Proposed Projects : The scope of work must include surveying of properties that are located within a Government Restricted or include the surveying of properties that fit the program’s definition of distressed assets based on the type of survey proposed as follows: Municipal Survey – Scope of work for the survey must include the surveying of properties associated by location and located within a specific municipality.  Such municipality must be a GRM. Thematic Survey – Scope of work for survey must include the surveying of properties closely associated by a theme such as a historic event/time type/style, or group of individuals (race, ethnicity, LGBTQ+, etc.).  Geographic boundary for investigation may be regional (municipal or county) or statewide.  Unless all properties to be surveyed are located within a GRM, the applicant must demonstrate that at least 10% of properties expected to be surveyed fit the program’s definition of distressed asset by providing a site map showing proposed survey boundaries and location of identified distressed assets with accompanying photographs of buildings to demonstrate condition Work must be completed by a professional or consultant meeting professional qualifications for either “Historian”, or “Architectural Historian” outlined in the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Archeology and Historic Preservation, 48 Fed. Reg. 44716, as updated and revised by the National Park Service, which are currently defined and used by the National Park Service, and as previously published in 36 CFR Part 61.