Historic Preservation Master Plan - Independence, Missouri

The Historic Preservation Master Plan: "One component of the requirements to maintain Certified Local Government status is the regular update of a community's preservation comprehensive plan. Though overdue, the creation of this Historic Preservation Master Plan (HPMP) is critical to the continuation of the City's previous preservation planning efforts and the overall success of the preservation program. The HPMP will serve as a guide for both city staff as well as Independence citizens and property owners to identify concentrations of areas with high levels of historic integrity, make suggestions about possible resources, to protect through local designation, highlight properties that may be eligible for National Register designation, and outline goals through long-range planning efforts, five and ten years out. In order to solicit and incorporate public feedback, a series of public meetings were held in 2019, involving the general public, heritage group, neighborhood, and commercial district stakeholders, as well as the Independence Heritage Commission and members of the Independence City Council. Through an extensive public engagement process, the City sought to identify components of the current preservation program that are valuable and recognize elements that are either obsolete or ineffective that should be eliminated." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Missouri State Historic Preservation Office administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P18AF00025).

Historic Preservation Master Plan - Independence, Missouri

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