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<H3 style="MARGIN: auto 0in"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN><FONT face="Times New Roman">City’s Historic Preservation Commission awarded grant for economic impact study<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></H3>
<P><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">December 30, 2010 <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Missouri Department of Natural Resources State Historic Preservation Office has given preliminary approval to a grant application submitted by the City’s Historic Preservation Commission for a study of the “Economic Development Impact of Historic Preservation in Columbia, MO.” Pending approval of a grant agreement by the City Council and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, the state will fund $12,000 of the project cost with FY2011 State Historic Preservation Fund grant monies. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Historic Preservation Commission anticipates this project will describe the fiscal impact of historic preservation on the local economy by analyzing the direct and indirect benefits of historic preservation on economic development indicators such as jobs, income, property values and tax revenue. The Commission submitted this grant to enhance historic preservation and economic development in the City by promoting the benefits of historic preservation to an expanded audience of homeowners, developers and policy makers.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The target completion date for this project is fall of 2012. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN>For more information, please contact the Department of Planning and Development at (573) 874-7239 or by e-mail at </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN" lang=EN><A href="mailto:planning@gocolumbiamo.com"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT color=#800080>planning@gocolumbiamo.com</FONT></SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>