The Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program, administered by the National Park Service, announced this week that applications are available for its annual cost-share grants.
Applications will be accepted through March 27. More about the program:
The Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program provides funding assistance in the form of cost-share grants to support the preservation of the most significant and representative historic Route 66 buildings, structures, road segments, and cultural landscapes in the eight states through which the route passes. Assistance is also provided to support research, planning, oral history, and education outreach projects related to the preservation of Route 66.
Program cost-share grant funds are provided through congressional appropriations, which are determined each new fiscal year. Project eligibility criteria requires a minimum 50% (1:1) cost-share match provided by the applicant. All preservation, restoration, and rehabilitation projects are required to conform to the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.
Since 2001, the program has awarded a total of $1.7 million in grants to 119 projects, with $2.9 million in cost-share matches, totaling $4.6 million in public and private investment for Route 66.
(Image of the Skylark Motel tower courtesy of Jim Thole; it received a cost-share grant in 2014)