Tagged: Historic Preservation

Local/Regional News
3:01 pm
Thu January 17, 2013

Blue Grass Trust Announces Annual Endangered Properties List

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Two buildings owned by the University of Kentucky, a vacant bus station and courthouse, two churches, several historic houses, and a building more than 200 years old make up this year’s list of endangered properties highlighted by the Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation.

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Local/Regional News
12:28 pm
Mon February 13, 2012

Historic Preservation Specialty Plate In The Works

Credit Preservation Kentucky
Preservation Kentucky hopes to make this specialty license plate available after December 2013. 900 applications are required in order for the plates to be offered.

A group dedicated to safeguarding Kentucky's architectural treasures is attempting to roll out a specialty license plate.

The non-profit, Preservation Kentucky, needs 900 applications by December 2013.

From the proceeds, the group hopes to create a special grant fund. Cities and non-profits could then use the money to fund preservation efforts or add buildings to the National Register.

Executive Director Rachel Kennedy says another goal of the plate is to raise awareness for historic sites across the Bluegrass.

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