Current through Rules and Regulations filed through March 20,
2024
(1)
Statutory
Basis: The Georgia Heritage Grants historic preservation grants program
is established in accordance with and under the authority provided to the
Georgia Department of Community Affairs by O.C.G.A. §
12-3-5, §
12-3-50.1, and §
12-3-58.
(2)
Purpose: The purpose of the
Georgia Heritage Grants historic preservation grants program is to encourage
the preservation of historic properties, to stimulate economic development and
neighborhood revitalization, to support community preservation projects that
provide a public benefit, and to assist local communities in developing sound
preservation projects.
(3)
Program Administration:
(a) The
Georgia Department of Community Affairs - Historic Preservation Division (HPD)
shall develop procedures, applications, forms, contracts, and other materials
as necessary to administer the Georgia Heritage Grants program, which shall
include, but not be limited to: establishing timelines and deadlines on an
annual, cyclical basis for announcing grant application availability,
application due date, project awards date, project reporting dates, and project
completion date; developing application and project review procedures;
establishing minimum requirements for project management of grants by
recipients; developing guidance and informational materials, including
providing definitions; and developing policies and procedures to rescind grant
awards for non-performance and to re-award recaptured funds.
(b) Notice of the start of the grant cycle
shall be posted by the fourth Friday in April through HPD's electronic
newsletter, website posting, and by other means as determined appropriate by
HPD. The notice shall include, at a minimum, a summary description of the grant
program and eligibility and eligible activities requirements, date of
application availability, deadline for submitting applications, and directions
for obtaining an application.
(c)
Grant application forms and instructions shall be available in electronic
format; paper format application materials shall be available upon
request.
(4)
Eligibility Requirements:
(a)
Eligible applicants include:
1. Any Georgia
local government entity, including counties, municipalities, and duly
authorized agencies or instrumentalities of a county or municipality, including
but not limited to, local authorities and local boards; and
2. Private, secular non-profit
organizations.
(b)
Eligible resources include historic properties such as buildings, structures,
sites, districts, objects, and archaeological sites and as further defined in
program application instructions.
1.
Properties and resources owned or controlled by a church, religious
denomination, or sectarian institution are not eligible.
(c) Project properties must be listed, either
individually or as a contributing property to a historic district, in the
Georgia Register of Historic Places, or be eligible for listing and officially
listed prior to the disbursement of funds.
(d) Eligible project activities fall into two
categories:
1.
Development
activities, including stabilization, preservation, rehabilitation,
restoration, and archaeological investigation of historic properties;
and
2.
Pre-development
activities, including plans and specifications, historic structure
reports, feasibility studies, and other building-specific or site-specific
preservation plans, and survey and planning activities, including historic
resource surveys, archaeological surveys, National Register nominations,
preservation planning projects, and information and education
activities.
O.C.G.A. §§
12-3-5,
12-3-32,
12-3-50.1,
12-3-50.2.
