Historic Preservation Plan for the City of Liberty, Missouri

From the Overview: "Liberty has undertaken preparation of this Historic Preservation Plan to examine the role of historic resources in the City and how those resources can be preserved and enhanced as Liberty continues to grow and evolve. This plan identifies tools and strategies to influences historic resources and community character, including those traditional to the field of historic preservation but also those related to other disciplines and interests. This plan reviews the types of historic resources that were developed during various periods of the City's evolution, the degree to which they remain and contribute to the City, and how public and private actions can contribute positively to their preservation. To that end, the process of developing the Historic Preservation Plan involved reaching out to the variety of stakeholders in Liberty to engage them in discussions about how historic resources relate to their interests. As the planning process began just as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold early in 2020, outreach in person became severely constrained. The planning team met with the Historic District Review Commission (HDRC) in early February and then when a return in March became ill-advised, thereafter used telephone interviews, email exchanges, a public survey, and exchange of draft text to elicit information and opinions about Liberty's historic preservation needs and issues. All contacted have been eager to engage in collaborating to make Liberty a better place to live and work. Their enthusiasm helped shape the plan's strategies and they will be critical to its successful long-term implementation." Project funding was provided in part by a Historic Preservation Fund grant to the Missouri State Historic Preservation Office, Department of Natural Resources, administered by the State, Tribal, Local Plans and Grants division, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior (grant number P19AF00084).

Historic Preservation Plan for the City of Liberty, Missouri

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