{"id":10377,"date":"2024-09-27T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T16:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/?p=10377"},"modified":"2026-04-12T12:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T12:30:15","slug":"president-biden-extends-usvi-state-historic-preservation-funding-through-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usviodr.com\/fr\/president-biden-extends-usvi-state-historic-preservation-funding-through-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"President Biden Extends USVI State Historic Preservation Funding Through 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

September 27, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"Lord God of Sabaoth Lutheran Church, St. Croix<\/h6>\n

President Biden Extends USVI State Historic Preservation Funding Through 2026<\/span><\/h1>\n
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U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS \u2013 Governor Albert Bryan Jr. announced Friday that President Joe Biden has signed into law H.R. 9747, the \u201cContinuing Appropriations and Extensions Act 2025,\u201d which extends federal funding of the National Park Service\u2019s Historic Preservation Fund through December 30, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Section 140(a) of the Act includes a provision to extend federal funding to territories and states that were affected by the 2017 Hurricanes Irma and Maria. \u00a0The official name of the recovery program is the Harvey, Irma, and Maria (HIM) Reimbursement Grant Program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cBy signing this piece of legislation, President Biden has delivered a gift to the U.S. Virgin Islands and is bolstering the rehabilitation of some of the Territory\u2019s most historic, storm-damaged properties,\u201d Governor Bryan said. \u201cWe\u2019re grateful for the extension, which allows us to continue this labor of love.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Department of Planning and Natural Resources-VI State Historic Preservation Office (DPNR-VISHPO) was awarded a HIM Reimbursement grant of $10,056,864 in March 2020. These funds were set to expire on September 30th, 2024, but with continued partnerships, and lobbying done by other State Historic Preservation Offices that were also affected by the grant deadline, local and federal partners in Washington, DC and the Office of the Governor, the collective efforts provided a successful grant extension to complete historic preservation efforts throughout the U.S. Virgin Islands.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The National Park Service has approved and allowed DPNR to advance more than $4 million to subgrantees to start construction for historic recovery projects, as well as to pay for reimbursements to some subgrantees with approved recovery projects who used their own funds to complete recovery repairs after the 2017 hurricanes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A few of the recovery projects that benefited from NPS allowing full and partial advances are the St. Thomas Synagogue, Friedensthal Moravian Church, St. John\u2019s Episcopal Church, Crucian Heritage and Nature Tourism (CHANT), and private homeowners in Christiansted, Frederiksted, Savan, Garden Street, and other pocket areas in Charlotte Amalie. A few subgrantees that have and will receive reimbursements are the Frederick Evangelical Lutheran Church, Project Promise Non-Profit, St. John\u2019s Episcopal Church, the St. Thomas Historical Trust, Mango Works, LLC, and the Memorial Moravian Church.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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With the assistance of project partners like the USVI Public Finance Authority (PFA) \u2013 Office of Disaster Recovery and the USVI Economic Development Authority (EDA) \u2013 Enterprise Zone Commission, the additional time granted with this extension will allow for an additional $3 million to be expended on the recovery.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Bryan-Roach Administration is investing in the Territory\u2019s people, infrastructure and future through transparency, stabilizing the economy, restoring trust in the government and ensuring that recovery projects are completed as quickly as possible. Visit transparency.vi.gov<\/p>\n

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