PROGRAM PARTNERS
Jointly administered by NPS in partnership with SHPOs, the CLG Program is a model and cost-effective local, State, and federal partnership that promotes historic preservation at the grassroots level across the nation. Working closely with such national organizations as the National Association of Preservation Commissions, the CLG program seeks: 1) to develop and maintain local historic preservation programs that will influence the zoning and permitting decisions critical to preserving historic properties, and 2) to ensure the broadest possible participation of local governments in the national historic preservation program while maintaining preservation standards established by the Secretary of the Interior.

HOW WE HELP
The CLG Program integrates local governments with the national historic preservation program through activities that strengthen decision-making regarding historic places at the local level. Because local planning office staff often play key roles in CLG projects, the thread of historic preservation becomes woven into the fabric of local land-use policy. Local governments collect and analyze information on the location and significance of archeological and historic properties for use by preservation commissions and by local, county, and State agencies. Using grants awarded by SHPOs, CLGs may produce historic theme or context studies, cultural resource inventories, assessments of properties to determine their eligibility for local and National Register of Historic Places designation, building reuse and feasibility studies, design guidelines and conservation ordinances, and publications to educate the public about the benefits of historic preservation.

STATS
Since 1985, more than $40 million in HPF grants, has been allocated to the Certified Local Government program; and 1,228 local governments currently participate in the program nationwide.