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Historic Preservation
Georgia Heritage Grant Program
• Georgia Heritage Grants are state-funded and are HPD’s
only brick-and-mortar grants. Only local governments and
non-profit groups are eligible to apply. The historic property
benefiting from the grant award must be eligible for or
already listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Although grant awards are small, averaging about $10,000
in the current economic climate, the funds can help with
roof repair or replacement, window repair, foundation
stabilization, or brick repair and repointing.
• Pre brick-and-mortar (called predevelopment) projects
include preservation plans, construction drawings, feasibility
studies, and historic structure reports. Possible projects in
Quitman for both predevelopment and bricks-and-mortar
could include the Historic Walker Street School, the historic
Brooks County jail, or the cemetery. Currently this grant
program is being funded only through the sale of the historic
preservation license plate.
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