The City of Savannah, in partnership with the Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC), applied for a Historic Preservation Grant in the amount of $35,000.00, which included $21,000.00 in federal funds and $14,000.00 match from the City of Savannah ($7,000 cash and $7,000 in-kind services). On February 1, 2018, the Mayor and Aldermen approved a resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply for the grant.

The full amount of $21,000.00 has been awarded to the City of Savannah to update the historic resources survey of the Cuyler-Brownville Historic District as part of the Savannah Citywide Historic Resources Survey, Phase III.

The Mayor and Aldermen are being asked to adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute the historic preservation grant contract between the City of Savannah and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Division. 

Approval