City of Las Vegas recently issued the following announcement on August 30.
The National Park Service announced this month the award of $743,531 to 17 projects in 14 states, including $50,000 to the city of Las Vegas. The grants support diverse communities to identify and nominate sites to the National Register of Historic Places.
The grants are funded by the Underrepresented Community Grant Program, through the Historic Preservation Fund, and administered by the National Park Service, Department of Interior.”
The Underrepresented Community Grant Program focuses on diversifying the nominations submitted to the National Register of Historic Places in order to preserve more of the nation’s history and tell a more complete story of the nation’s diversity. Las Vegas will use the funds to research and determine eligibility of structures and properties located in West Las Vegas for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places as well as listing on the City of Las Vegas Historic Property Register.
The Las Vegas project will entail conducting historical background research on resources and any associated people, events, trends or patterns that are significant to the history of segregation and the civil rights movement in West Las Vegas. Researchers will prepare a detailed architectural inventory and survey of resources associated with the African American community in West Las Vegas, covering the years 1930 through 1979. Specific attention will be given to issues of segregation and civil rights activism and advocacy.
The city of Las Vegas Historic Preservation Office submitted the grant request, entitled “Intensive Level Architectural Inventory and Survey of Resources Associated with the African American Community in West Las Vegas.” The survey results also will benefit the implementation of the HUNDRED Plan in Action for the future of West Las Vegas.
A Request for Proposals will be issued by the city of Las Vegas soon to arrange a contract with an experienced cultural resources consultant to prepare the survey and inventory. For more information on historic preservation in the city of Las Vegas, visit the webpage or email dsiebrandt@lasvegasnevada.gov.
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