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Northwest Fifth Avenue Historic Structure Survey Project (B)
Explanation
In May 2006, the Florida Department of State awarded the Gainesville Community Redevelopment Agency a Historic Preservation matching grant from the General Revenue Fund administered by the Division of Historical Resources. The original agreement of the Historic Preservation Grant award was a $10,000 grant to conduct a Historic Structure Survey of the Northwest Fifth Avenue Neighborhood in Gainesville, Florida and to prepare Individual Nominations and a District Nomination for both the Florida Master Site File and the National Register of Historic Places. After considerable deliberation, the Individual Nominations and District Nomination were deleted from the project. Staff then drafted a request for proposals for the Northwest 5th Avenue Survey Report and contracted with Environmental Services Inc. to conduct the Historic Structure Survey of the Northwest Fifth Avenue Neighborhood, meeting the requirements of Chapter 1A-46.001 Florida Administrative Code.
The purpose of the Northwest 5th Avenue Historic Survey and assessments was due in part to the Model Block Project which was a partnership with the National Historic Trust, Fannie Mae, and the City of Gainesville Community Development Block Grant. One of the recommendations from the National Historic Trust was to conduct a historic survey of the Northwest 5th Avenue area within the Fifth Avenue/Pleasant Street Redevelopment Area.
The Consultant recommendations of the Northwest 5th Avenue Historic Structure Survey are that copies of the Report and Florida Master Site Files should be distributed at the Alachua County Historical Commission, the University of Florida George F. Smathers Library, and the Gainesville branch of the Alachua County Library. Community awareness of local historic architecture and historic places can be handled through a continuing education program, initiating a building plaque program that iden...
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