U.S. Rep. Brad Miller, a Raleigh Democrat, has introduced a bill to maintain a federal program using tax dollars to preserve historic properties.
The legislation would make permanent two competitive federal grant programs, Preserve America and Save America’s Treasures, reports Barb Barrett.
Previous grants have gone to Gastonia and the state historic preservation office and a rural heritage project in northeastern North Carolina. Money also has been used for the Pope House Museum in Raleigh and the International Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro.
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, a Winston-Salem Republican, is a co-sponsor of a Senate version of the bill.
